Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 26 - Bill 119

The Bill amends or repeals a number of Acts and enacts two new Acts. For convenience, the amendments, repeals and the new Acts are set out in separate Schedules. The commencement provisions for each of the Schedules are set out at or near the end of the Schedules.

SCHEDULE A

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

The Schedule amends certain Acts administered by the Ministry of the Attorney General. The main changes that the Schedule makes are as follows:

Administration of Justice Act

Section 2 of the Act is amended to confirm that agreements made under Part X of the Provincial Offences Act
authorize municipalities to keep fines paid to them.

Charities Accounting Act

The requirement that the executor notify the Public Guardian and Trustee whenever a charitable donation is made by will is removed.

The Chartered Accountants Act, 1956

A number of amendments are made to modernize the Act, which provides for the self-regulation of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

Compensation for Victims of Crime Act

The limitation period for making an application for compensation under the Act is increased from one year after the date of the injury or death to two years.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board may award interim payments under the Act only if it appears to the Board that the applicant will probably be awarded compensation.

The maximum of periodic payments that the Board may award to an applicant under the Act in respect of any one occurrence is increased from $250,000 to $365,000.

Courts of Justice Act

The application of subsection 88 (2) of the Act (which provides that the Public Guardian and Trustee Act and the regulations made under it prevail over subsection 88 (1) and the regulations made under it) is extended, from funds held by the Public Guardian and Trustee in his or her capacity as Accountant of the Superior Court of Justice to all functions performed by the PGT in that capacity.

Dog Owners’ Liability Act

If a proceeding is commenced against the owner of a dog under the Act, the Ontario Court of Justice may make an interim order before a court makes an order under the Act.

If a court orders the destruction of a dog and it is not taken into custody immediately, the owner is required to restrain the dog by means of a leash and muzzle until it is taken into custody.

If a court finds that a dog has bitten or attacked a person or a domestic animal, the court may make an order prohibiting the dog’s owner from owning another dog during a specified period of time.

Evidence Act

Section 34.1 of the Act is amended to clarify that establishing the integrity of the relevant electronic records system is not the only way of showing that an electronic record satisfies the best evidence rule.

Execution Act

Exemptions from seizure are increased to recognize changes in the value of money since the amounts were last fixed in the 1960’s, and a regulation-making mechanism is provided for future updates.

Interpretation Act

Legislative provisions that exclude or limit liability for damages apply not only when the person with the potential liability is the defendant in a proceeding for damages, but also when that person is brought into the case by a third party or similar proceeding.

Interprovincial Summonses Act

The definition of “summons” in the Act is expanded to include a summons or other document issued by an agency, board, commission or another person authorized to issue summonses requiring a person to attend as a witness.

Sections 6 and 7 of the Act, which set out the rule of no submission to jurisdiction and provide for requesting an order for additional witness fees and expenses, are extended to cover cases where a summons is issued by an agency, board, commission or another person authorized to issue summonses requiring a person to attend as a witness.

Ministry of the Attorney General Act

An unproclaimed provision relating to annual reports is repealed.

Professional Engineers Act

The Council of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the body that governs the practice of professional engineering, is authorized to pay start-up funding to the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, an organization formed to advocate for members of the profession.

Provincial Offences Act

Amendments are made to section 76.1 of the Act to facilitate the use of electronic processes, and to section 175 to recognize a variety of agreements that may be made among municipalities in relation to Part X agreements.

If an application for relief in the nature of certiorari is made under section 140 of the Act, a person who is entitled to notice of the application may make a motion to the Superior Court of Justice for an order allowing a trial in the proceeding giving rise to the application to continue.

Public Guardian and Trustee Act

The Act is amended to clarify the Public Guardian and Trustee’s authority to charge and deduct fees and expenses, and to provide regulation-making authority with respect to the Accountant of the Superior Court of Justice.

Trustee Act

More detailed information is to be filed, to assist the Public Guardian and Trustee, when money belonging to a minor or mentally incapable person is paid into court. It is no longer necessary to deliver a second copy of the affidavit to the Children’s Lawyer.

SCHEDULE B

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Bailiffs Act

It is the Minister responsible for the administration of the Act, rather than a judge, who can issue the consent that a bailiff requires to act as a bailiff in a county other than the county for which he or she is appointed.

The Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998
transferred from the Costs of Distress Act to the Bailiffs Act
certain provisions with respect to costs charged by a bailiff. Those provisions have not come into force. They are transferred back to the Costs of Distress Act.

Boundaries Act

The Minister responsible for the administration of the Act is allowed to make regulations prescribing the circumstances in which the Director may treat an application for confirmation of the location of boundaries as abandoned or withdrawn.

The power of the Director of Land Registration to make regulations with respect to forms is transferred to the Director of Titles.

Business Corporations Act

The amendments to subsection 1 (6) harmonize the Act with the Securities Act to define corporations as reporting issuers.

The proposedsection 20 of the Act simplifies the existing rules relating to financial assistance by corporations in terms of rules for disclosure.

The amendment to subsection 186 (1) of the Act broadens the definition of a reorganization to include the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada).

Subsection 188 (2) of the Act is amended to eliminate the requirement to file the offeror’s notice with the Director.

Certification of Titles Act

The power of the Director of Land Registration to make regulations with respect to forms is transferred to the Director of Titles.

Change of Name Act

There is no longer any time limit for a spouse whose marriage is dissolved by divorce, annulment or death to elect to resume the surname he or she had immediately before the marriage.

Collection Agencies Act

The definition of “collector” is amended so that sales representatives who do not collect debts or deal with debtors are not required to be registered.

Condominium Act, 1998

The power of a condominium corporation to manage the property does not include the power to deal with the title to any real property that it does not own or any interest in real property where it does not own the interest unless the Act specifically confers the power on the corporation.

The corporation may by by-law release an easement that is part of the common elements.

Consumer Reporting Act

The amendments contained in proposed sections 13.1 to 13.8 of the Act set out rules governing the relationship between credit repairers (persons who engage in the business of providing services to persons who wish to improve their credit status) and consumers for the purpose of protecting the latter.

Corporations Act

The amendment permits charitable corporations to indemnify their directors.

Land Registration Reform Act

The powers of the Director of Land Registration to make orders with respect to fees under Part II of the Act and to determine certain matters with respect to electronic registration under Part III of the Act are transferred to the Director of Titles.

Land Titles Act

The Act is amended so that the Deputy Minister, rather than the Director of Land Registration as at present, appoints the Director of Titles and the examiner of surveys.

Certain obligations and powers of the Director of Land Registration, including the following, are transferred to the Director of Titles:

1. The power to make orders with respect to the registration under the Act of land to which the Registry Act
applies.

2. The obligation to deal with applications for financial assistance from The Land Titles Survey Fund and applications to amend the parcel register as a result of the death of a registered owner of land.

3. The obligation to divide land designated under Part II of the Land Registration Reform Act into blocks and properties and to prepare maps showing those properties.

4. The power to make regulations with respect to forms.

In addition, the Director of Titles may withdraw land from the Act if of the opinion that it is expedient to do so.

Mortgages Act

The true copy of a mortgage that the mortgagee is required to deliver to the mortgagor may be a facsimile.

Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act

The Corporation may give any person a copy of any report that it is required to make before the Minister responsible for the administration of the Act tables it in accordance with the Act.

An owner of a home is entitled, under subsection 14 (3) of the Act, to receive payment out of the guarantee fund for damages resulting from a breach of warranty even if the owner did not receive title to the home directly from a vendor.

Personal Property Security Act

The priority that a purchaser of chattel paper receives under subsection 28 (3) of the Act over all previous security interests in it is expanded to the full value of the chattel paper, and not limited to the amount that the purchaser paid for it, as at present.

The registration system under the Act is broadened so that it includes registrations for the purposes of other Acts.

Under subsection 45 (4) of the Act, only one financing statement is required to be registered to perfect security interests in security agreements between the same parties, whether or not the security agreements are related to each other or signed before the financing statement is registered.

Section 56 of the Act is amended to give the person named as the debtor in a registered financing statement additional rights to require the secured creditor to correct the collateral classifications and collateral description set out in the financing statement, for instance by limiting their scope.

Registry Act

General conveyances and transfers of assets of a corporation to another corporation can be registered as general registrations under the Act.

For the supporting statements that are required for the registration of a will, a statement by a person well acquainted with the testator attesting to the testator’s signature on the will is accepted as an alternative to a statement by a witness to the will. In general, notarial copies of supporting statements are accepted as an alternative to original statements.

Certain obligations and powers of the Director of Land Registration, including the following, are transferred to the Director of Titles:

1. The obligation to divide land designated under Part II of the Land Registration Reform Act into blocks and properties and to prepare maps showing those properties.

2. The power to approve the form of statement required as a condition for registration of an instrument if the regulations do not prescribe a form.

3. The power to specify the manner in which the land registrar may delete the entry of mortgages or other instruments from the abstract index if the land registrar is satisfied that they no longer affect the land.

4. The power to specify the manner in which the land registrar may make corrections in an entry respecting an instrument.

5. The power to issue directions to a land registrar with respect to land registrar’s compiled plans or preparing the abstract where a plan of subdivision is registered.

6. The obligation to see that entries and registrations are made and certified in a proper manner.

7. The power to make regulations with respect to forms.

Either the Director of Land Registration or the Director of Titles may require a land registrar to provide particulars with reference to the business of the land registrar’s office.

Repair and Storage Liens Act

A person who is lawfully entitled to an article that is subject to a non-possessory lien under the Act that is under dispute may apply to a court in accordance with section 24 of the Act to have the dispute resolved and the article returned.

Theatres Act

The amendments to the Act remove film classifications from the Act and allow such classification to be done by regulation, eliminates the requirement for approval of advertising matter that is not in film form and deregulates projectionists.

SCHEDULE C

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Education Act

The Schedule amends section 17.1 of the Act to increase the maximum number of members of the Ontario Parents Council from 18 to 20.

SCHEDULE D

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Electricity Act, 1998

Amendments to the Act will ensure that the Statutory Powers Procedure Act applies to Ontario Energy Board reviews of the market rules, even when the Board has no power to directly determine the legal rights or obligations of a particular person. (See subsection 1 (1) of the Schedule.)

The Ontario Energy Board’s power to order production of documents for the purpose of investigations by the Market Surveillance Panel is amended to include records and other things. Copies may be made by the Panel and, when things are kept in electronic form, the Panel may require that copies be provided on paper or in a machine-readable medium. (See subsections 1 (3), (4) and (5) of the Schedule.)

Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998

The provisions of section 17 of the Act that deal with licences issued by the Ontario Energy Board are extended to cover licences issued by the director. (See subsection 2 (1) of the Schedule.)

Subsection 21 (3) of the Act is repealed as a result of recent amendments to section 5.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act. (See subsections 1 (2) and 2 (2), (4) and (6) of the Schedule.)

The provisions dealing with the Board’s power to make rules under Part IV of the Act are amended so that the Board can grant exemptions to the rules without having to amend them. (See subsection 2 (3) of the Schedule.)

The language of subsections 78 (1) and (2) of the Act, which apply to electricity, is made more consistent with the language of subsection 36 (1), which applies to gas. (See subsection 2 (7) of the Schedule.)

Section 123 of the Act is amended so that, if an investigator is inspecting things that are kept in electronic form, he or she may require that copies be provided on paper or in a machine-readable medium. (See subsection 2 (11) of the Schedule.)

The Act is amended to deal with methods of serving several types of notices and with the proof of certain facts that are within the knowledge of the Board. (See subsections 2 (12) and (13) of the Schedule.)

Schedule e AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT

References to the Minister or Ministry of Environment and Energy in the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993, the Environmental Assessment Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Municipal Water and Sewage Transfer Act, 1997 and the Ontario Water Resources Act
are amended to refer to the Minister or Ministry of the Environment. (See section 1, subsections 2 (1) and 3 (1) and sections 4 and 5 of the Schedule.)

Environmental Assessment Act

The Act is amended to provide for public notice of and public comment on proposed terms of reference for an environmental assessment. The Minister of the Environment may make amendments to the terms of reference at the time of approving them. (See subsections 2 (2) and (3) of the Schedule.)

Section 11.2 of the Act is amended to permit the Minister to review decisions made under section 9.2. (See subsections 2 (6) and (7) of the Schedule.)

SCHEDULE F

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TRIBUNAL ACT, 2000

The Schedule enacts the Environmental Review Tribunal Act, 2000 to amalgamate the Environmental Appeal Board and the Environmental Assessment Board into a tribunal known as the Environmental Review Tribunal. The Schedule also includes complementary amendments to other Acts.

SCHEDULE G

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

The Schedule amends the Insurance Act to authorize regulations that would permit and regulate viatical settlements.

SCHEDULE H

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE

The Schedule amends certain Acts administered by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The main changes that the Schedule makes are as follows:

Health Insurance Act

The amendments to the Act correct an oversight in the name of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, repeal spent provisions, restate the exception in subsection 14 (5) of the Act in terms of the waiting period for enrolment as an insured person rather than by reference to a specific period of three months and change subsection 17 (3) so that the maximum time period for submitting claims for payment may be prescribed by regulation.

Ministry of Health Appeal and Review Boards Act, 1998

The amendments to the Act remove the upper limit of 20 on membership on the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and on the Health Services Appeal and Review Board.

Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

The amendments to the Act correct errors in cross-references.

SCHEDULE I

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR

The Schedule amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.

Changes are made relating to the application of certain provisions with respect to auxiliary members of police forces (see the amendments relating to subsections 25 (3.1), 40 (4.1) and 41 (17), section 70 and subsection 78 (3) of the Act).

Changes are made with respect to certain prohibitions against employers making certain deductions from a worker’s wages or requiring certain contributions. Workers are explicitly given the right to bring a cause of action to recover amounts if those prohibitions are contravened. (See the amendments relating to sections 95.1 and 155 of the Act.)

Conflict of interest provisions affecting the chair and president of the Board and the chair of the Appeals Tribunal are repealed.

Other changes are made in relation to the following:

1. The duration of certain obligations of the employer relating to re-employment (amendment relating to clause 41 (7) (b) of the Act).

2. The information and statements to be given by employers (amendments relating to subsections 151 (1.1) and 152 (1.1) and (2) of the Act).

3. The commencement of the Act and certain aspects of the pension plan (amendments relating to subsections 171 (4), (5) and (6) of the Act).

4. Relief, for persons employed by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, etc., from being compelled to produce certain documents in proceedings (amendment relating to subsection 180 (2) of the Act).

Also included are amendments to make minor technical changes such as correcting statutory references and updating court names.

SCHEDULE J

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY MANAGEMENT BOARD SECRETARIAT

Ministry of Government Services Act

An amendment to section 3 of the Act specifies that the Queen’s Printer for Ontario exercises his or her powers and performs his or her duties under the direction of the Management Board of Cabinet.

Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

An amendment to the English version of a definition replaces a reference to “Chairman” with “Chair”.

Official Notices Publication Act

The amendment to the Act concerns the way in which rates are established for publishing notices in The Ontario Gazette and for subscriptions to the Gazette and copies of it. Currently, those rates must be established by regulation. This requirement is replaced: the Queen’s Printer for Ontario will establish the rates and publish them in the Gazette.

Public Service Act

Clause 29 (1) (m.1) of the Act is repealed because it relates to another provision of the Act that has been repealed.

SCHEDULE K

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING

Building Code Act, 1992

Subsection 25 (7) of the Act is re-enacted to clarify that an appeal of an order or decision of a chief building official or inspector does not stay the operation of the order or decision; however, a judge of the Superior Court of Justice may impose a stay of the order or decision appealed from.

Municipal Act

A new section 12.1 of the Act would allow a municipality (including an upper-tier municipality) to change its name by by-law but the change of name would not affect its municipal status.

Municipal Tax Sales Act

The requirement to register a statutory declaration under subsection 4 (4) of the Act and the requirement to make a statutory declaration under subsection 9 (4) are removed. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is given the power to make regulations respecting electronic forms.

Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act

Section 1 and the Schedule to the Act are repealed. These are spent provisions as the remainder of the Act has been repealed.

Planning Act

Sections 17, 34, 45, 47, 51 and 53 of the Act are each amended to permit the Ontario Municipal Board to dismiss an appeal (or request for a hearing) without holding a hearing where an appellant (or person or body requesting a hearing) has not responded to a request by the Board for further information within the time specified by the Board. This will eliminate the necessity for the Board to send a subsequent letter to the person affording an additional opportunity to make further submissions.

Subsection 51 (45) of the Act is amended to include planning boards as entities which must be given notice if an approval authority changes the conditions to the approval of a plan of subdivision.

Tenant Protection Act, 1997

The definition of “landlord” in section 1 of the Act is amended to clarify that a tenant who shares a rental unit with another person and receives rent from that person is not considered a landlord under the Act.

Section 1 of the Act is amended by adding a definition of “sublet”.

Section 5 of the Act is amended to give a social housing landlord the same right as any other landlord to increase rent under section 132, without complying with the 12-month rule in section 126 and without giving the tenant a 90-day notice under section 127, if the landlord and tenant agree that the landlord will add a parking space or other prescribed service, facility, privilege, accommodation or thing.

Section 11 of the Act is amended to clarify that a party to a tenancy agreement is not released from the obligation to perform unless the breach by the other party is of a serious, substantial or fundamental nature.

Subsection 18 (1) of the Act is amended by deleting the parts of the provision that are now included in the definition of “sublet” in section 1 of the Act.

Section 34 of the Act is amended to empower the Tribunal to order a landlord to pay a tenant compensation for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the tenant as a result of a breach by the landlord of the maintenance and repair obligations under subsection 24 (1). This would include compensation for costs incurred by the tenant to repair or replace property of the tenant that was damaged, destroyed or disposed of as a result of the landlord’s breach.

Section 35 of the Act is amended to empower the Tribunal to order a landlord to pay a tenant compensation for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the tenant as a result of the landlord, a superintendent or an agent of the landlord having done one or more of the activities set out in paragraphs 3 to 10 of subsection 32 (1). This would include compensation for costs incurred by the tenant to repair or replace property of the tenant that was damaged as a result of the landlord’s breach. In addition, section 35 of the Act is amended to empower the Tribunal to order a landlord to allow a tenant to recover possession of a vacant rental unit, if the Tribunal determines that the landlord arranged for the locking system on a door to the rental unit or the residential complex to be altered without giving the tenant replacement keys.

Section 52 of the Act is amended to allow a landlord of a rental unit in a condominium who has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale of the unit to give the tenant notice terminating the tenancy on behalf of the purchaser, if the purchaser in good faith requires possession of the unit for the purpose of residential occupation by the purchaser, the purchaser’s spouse or same-sex partner, or a child or parent of one of them.

Section 54 of the Act is amended to clarify that the provisions relating to security of tenure do not apply if no rental unit in the residential complex was rented before July 10, 1986 and all or part of the residential complex becomes subject to a registered declaration and description under the Condominium Act or the Condominium Act, 1998 on or before the later of the day that is two years after the day on which the first rental unit in the complex was first rented and June 17, 2000.

Section 61 of the Act currently enables a tenant to avoid a termination under a notice of termination for non-payment of rent by making payment in full before the termination date specified in the notice. The section is amended to permit the tenant to make payment in full on the termination date, not just before the termination date. The section is also amended to clarify the amounts that the tenant must pay in order for the notice of termination to become void.

Section 62 of the Act is amended to reduce the minimum period between the day a notice terminating a tenancy is given and the termination date specified in the notice from 20 days to 10 days, if the notice of termination is grounded on an illegal act, trade, business or occupation involving an illegal drug.

Section 67 of the Act applies to a notice of termination grounded on a contravention committed within six months after an earlier notice of termination became void as a result of the tenant’s compliance with the notice. The section currently reduces the minimum period between the day the termination notice is given and the termination date specified in the notice from 20 days to 14 days. The section is amended so that it does not apply to a notice of termination grounded on an illegal act, trade, business or occupation involving an illegal drug, as the minimum period for that notice of termination is already 10 days under section 62.

Section 72 of the Act is amended to clarify that a landlord’s application to the Tribunal for an order evicting a tenant for non-payment of rent may not be made before the day following the termination date specified in the notice. In addition, the section is amended to provide that if the tenant makes full payment to the Tribunal or the landlord before the order is issued, the application for the order is discontinued, and if the tenant makes full payment to the Tribunal or the landlord after the order is issued but before it becomes enforceable, the order is void. The section specifies that full payment includes the payment of the rent that is in arrears under the tenancy agreement as well as the additional rent that would have been due under the tenancy agreement had notice of termination not been given.

Section 77 of the Act is amended to clarify that a landlord who has made a previous application for an eviction order may make a new application for an eviction order without notice to the tenant, if the first application resulted in an order or settlement containing conditions the breach of which would give rise to the same grounds for terminating the tenancy as were claimed in the first application, and the tenant has breached those conditions.

Section 83 of the Act is amended to clarify that a default order evicting a person from a rental unit takes effect on the later of the 11th day after the day the order is issued and the date of termination set out in the notice of termination.

Section 83.1 is added to the Act to provide that an order evicting a person from a rental unit expires six months after the day the order takes effect if it is not filed with the sheriff within those six months.

Subsection 140 (3) of the Act is amended to remove all references to subletting a portion of a rental unit.

Section 154 of the Act is amended to update the name of the court.

Section 182.1 is added to the Act to provide that, if an applicant to the Tribunal has failed to pay any money owing to the Tribunal, the Tribunal may refuse to allow the application to be filed or to proceed further with the application.

Section 187 of the Act is amended to give the Tribunal the power to amend an application on its own motion before, during or after a hearing if to do so would not be unfair to any party.

Subsection 192 (1) of the Act is amended to prevent the Tribunal from making a default order without holding a hearing in an eviction application that is not disputed and is grounded on an illegal act, trade, business or occupation involving an illegal drug. Section 192 is further amended to allow the Tribunal to designate employees as default order officers who can make orders under subsection 192 (1).

Section 198.1 is added to the Act to provide for the creating, signing, filing, providing, issuing, sending, storing, transferring and retaining of electronic documents under the Act in accordance with the Rules or regulations within the meaning of the Act.

Section 206 of the Act is amended to clarify that paragraph 1 applies to any form of material and to specify the content of an order to which paragraph 3 applies.

Section 207 of the Act is amended to allow a document that appears to have been made by the Tribunal, the Minister or an employee of the Tribunal or ministry to be admitted as evidence in a proceeding for an offence under the Act without the Tribunal member, the Minister or employee having to testify as to validity of the document.

Subsection 224 (17) of the Act, which amends clause 36 (1) (c) of the Building Code Act, 1992, is repealed.

SCHEDULE L

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Aggregate Resources Act

The Act is amended to permit the amendment of the site plan that is associated with a wayside permit and to permit the extension of a wayside permit’s expiration date. (See subsections 1 (2) and (3) of the Schedule.)

The Act is amended to permit the Minister of Natural Resources to order a person to perform progressive rehabilitation or final rehabilitation in accordance with the Act, even if the person is no longer a licensee or permittee. (See subsection 1 (5) of the Schedule.)

Conservation Land Act

Section 3 of the Act is amended to permit the Minister to expand the definition of “conservation body” by regulation. Section 3 of the existing Act permits conservation bodies to enforce certain easements and covenants for the conservation, maintenance, restoration or enhancement of land or wildlife. (See section 2 of the Schedule.)

Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994

The Act is amended to expand the definition of “forest resource” to include parts of or residue from trees in a forest ecosystem. (See subsection 3 (1) of the Schedule.)

The limitation period for notifying a person of an administrative penalty is extended to two years after the act or omission that gives rise to the penalty. (See subsection 3 (3) of the Schedule.)

If forest resources or products manufactured from forest resources are seized and detained under section 60 of the Act, the person from whom they are seized is required to pay the expenses incurred, subject to a court order. (See subsections 3 (4), (5) and (6) of the Schedule.)

The authority of employees of the Ministry of Natural Resources to enter private land for the purposes of the Act if forest resources are located on the land will also apply if products manufactured from forest resources are located on the land. These employees may also cross private land for the purpose of reaching a Crown forest. (See subsection 3 (7) of the Schedule.)

The offence provision of the Act is amended to make it an offence to contravene any provision of the Act or regulations that is not already an offence. (See subsection 3 (8) of the Schedule.)

Forestry Act

The Act is amended so that, if the Minister of Natural Resources made a grant to a municipality or conservation authority for the purpose of assisting it in the acquisition of land suitable for forestry purposes, more than 50 per cent of any proceeds from the sale or other disposition of that land could be directed to the municipality or conservation authority. (See subsection 4 (2) of the Schedule.)

Municipal by-laws regulating the cutting of trees would be allowed to adopt the same minimum qualifications that are established under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994 for persons engaged in forest operations. (See subsection 4 (4) of the Schedule.)

Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act

Section 23 of the Act is amended to authorize the Minister of Natural Resources to order the owner of a dam or other structure to operate it in accordance with a management plan prepared by the owner. (See subsection 5 (2) of the Schedule.)

Mining Act

Part IV of the Act is amended to authorize the Minister of Natural Resources to issue storage leases for the temporary storage of hydrocarbons and other substances prescribed by regulation in underground formations on Crown land. The amendments would also permit exploration licences, production leases and storage leases to be issued under Part IV in respect of land that is already subject to a licence or lease under that Part. (See subsection 6 (2) of the Schedule.)

Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act

The Act is amended to authorize the Niagara Escarpment Commission to hold public meetings during the period for commenting on proposed amendments to the Niagara Escarpment Plan. (See subsection 7 (3) of the Schedule.)

It would no longer be necessary for the Minister of Natural Resources to send copies of an approved amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan to municipalities that are not affected by the amendment or to land registry offices. The Niagara Escarpment Commission would be responsible for making copies of the Plan available to the public, instead of land registry offices. (See subsection 7 (5) of the Schedule.)

The Act is amended to make clear that municipalities, local boards and ministries cannot undertake any kind of development that is in conflict with the Niagara Escarpment Plan. (See subsections 7 (6) and (7) of the Schedule.)

The Act is amended to clarify how often regular reviews of the Niagara Escarpment Plan must be undertaken and to make clear that the reviews are conducted according to the terms of reference established by the Minister of Natural Resources. (See subsection 7 (9) of the Schedule.)

The Minister of Natural Resources would be authorized, as a condition of issuing a development permit, to enter into an agreement that can be registered and enforced against the owner and subsequent owners of the land. (See subsection 7 (11) of the Schedule.)

The Minister of Natural Resources would be authorized to order a person to stop work on any development that contravenes subsection 24 (1) of the Act, and to take steps specified by the Minister, if the contravention is likely to cause a risk to public safety or significant environmental damage. This power could be exercised by a delegate of the Minister only if the delegate is the Niagara Escarpment Commission or the director of the Commission. (See subsections 7 (12), (13), (14) and (15) of the Schedule.)

If the Minister of Natural Resources delegates his or her authority to issue development permits and a decision of the delegate to issue a permit is appealed, it would not be necessary for the Minister to determine the appeal if all the parties who appear at the hearing agree on the terms and conditions that should be included in the permit and the hearing officer expresses the opinion that a decision to issue the permit with these terms and conditions would be correct and should not be changed. (See subsections 7 (20), (21) and (22) of the Schedule.)

Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act

The Act is amended to make it an offence for a director or officer of a corporation to direct, authorize, assent to, acquiesce in, or participate in the commission of an offence by the corporation. (See subsection 8 (2) of the Schedule.)

Public Lands Act

Contraventions of several provisions of the Act are made subject to the general penalty provided for in section 70 of the Act. Section 70 and several other provisions of the Act are amended to provide for the possibility of higher fines and for fines for each day that an offence continues. The court would also be authorized to make orders to obtain compliance. A two-year limitation period would be established for offences under the Act. (See subsections 9 (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (9), (11) and (12) of the Schedule.)

When a certificate is sent to the land registry office under subsection 38 (2) of the Act stating that land that is registered in the Crown’s name or that has reverted to or vested in the Crown is deemed to be public lands, it would no longer be necessary for the Minister of Natural Resources to give notice to adjoining landowners. (See subsection 9 (7) of the Schedule.)

SCHEDULE M

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINES

The Schedule amends the Mining Act.

Under section 28 of the Act, a licensee may stake out a mining claim with respect to any minerals or rights that no applicant is specifically requesting to acquire in an application accepted under the Public Lands Act or any other Act.

A licensee is not allowed to stake out a mining claim on any land as long as a proceeding that the Commissioner certifies is pending in a court has not been finally determined.

In addition to the restriction on transferability, a licence of occupation, a lease of a mining claim or a lease described in section 82 of the Act cannot be mortgaged, charged sublet or made subject to a debenture without the written consent of the Minister or an officer duly authorized by the Minister.

No dispute can be filed relating to the validity of any assessment work that was performed on a mining claim or on mining lands that are contiguous to the claim or that the dispute alleges are not contiguous to the claim.

In addition to the Minister’s power under subsection 67 (5) of the Act to exclude the time within which work on a mining claim must be performed or reported, or both, or within which application and payment for lease may be made, the Minister is given the power to extend the time.

The notice of cancellation under subsections 72.1 (1) and 76 (4) of the Act is renamed a notice of re-opening. The lands and mining rights affected by the notice are open for staking from the day after the posting of the notice, rather than from the day after the forfeiture or the cancellation respectively, as at present.

The date that mining land tax is payable under Part XIII of the Act is changed to no later than 60 days from the date of the notice of tax payable. The Minister no longer requires the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make a compromise under section 202 of the Act with respect to mining land tax payable.

SCHEDULE N

AMENDMENTS AND REPEAL PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRAINING, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Ontario Training and Adjustment Board Act, 1993

The Schedule repeals the Act.

Private Vocational Schools Act

The Schedule amends section 2 of the Act to provide that the Superintendent of private vocational schools shall be appointed by the Minister. Currently, the appointment is made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

2. Section 52 of the current Act provides that notice of a driver’s licence suspension must be given personally or by registered mail. The re-enactment of section 52 allows for notice to be given by mail for suspensions unrelated to Criminal Code (Canada) offences. It also provides for other methods of service to be prescribed by regulation.

3. Amendments are made to section 55.1 to provide that the impoundment history of leased vehicles is linked to the holder of the plate portion of the registration certificate, to permit the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to release vehicles before the end of an impoundment period in circumstances to be set out in the regulations, to extend vehicle impound provisions to persons who are found driving while their licence is under suspension as a result of a court order and to clarify who is responsible for paying storage charges related to impoundment.

4. Existing provisions dealing with vehicle weights and dimensions are amended or supplemented to establish a framework for the implementation of an agreement between Ontario and Quebec respecting the harmonization of weights and dimensions for truck trailers, to create a permit system to allow for variances from Ontario’s provisions to allow for harmonization with other jurisdictions or for the trial of new configurations of trucks and trailers, to provide regulatory authority for increasing or decreasing allowable axle unit, axle group or gross vehicle weights for prescribed classes of vehicles and to provide for a fine surcharge when a truck or trailer equipped with lift axles is over legal weight and misuse of the lift axles is involved.

5. An amendment to clause 175 (6) (c) of the Act clarifies when overhead red signal lights and stop arms on school buses must be used.

SCHEDULE P

WINE CONTENT AND LABELLING ACT, 2000

The Schedule enacts the Wine Content and Labelling Act, 2000. The purpose of the Act is to provide for the establishment of minimum content and labelling standards for the manufacture of wine in Ontario.

Section 3 authorizes a manufacturer licensed under the Liquor Licence Act to keep for sale or sell wine that has been made from imported grapes or grape product.

Section 4 provides that the Lieutenant Governor in Council may designate a body to administer the proposed Act and the regulations or any part of them and section 5 sets out the regulation-making powers granted to the Lieutenant Governor in Council relating to the establishment of standards and other requirements, including the provision of information.

An Act to reduce red tape, to promote good government through better management of Ministries and agencies and to improve customer service by amending or repealing certain Acts and by enacting two new Acts

Assented to December 6, 2000

CONTENTS

1.

Enactment of Schedules

2.

Commencement

3.

Short title

Schedule A

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of the Attorney General

Schedule B

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations

Schedule C

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Education

Schedule D

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology

Schedule E

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of the Environment

Schedule F

Environmental Review Tribunal Act, 2000

Schedule G

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Finance

Schedule H

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Schedule I

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Labour

Schedule J

Amendments proposed by Management Board Secretariat

Schedule K

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Schedule L

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Natural Resources

Schedule M

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

Schedule N

Amendments and Repeal proposed by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Schedule O

Amendments proposed by the Ministry of Transportation

Schedule P

Wine Content and Labelling Act, 2000

______________

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Enactment of Schedules

1. (1) All the Schedules to this Act, other than Schedule F, are hereby enacted.

Schedule F

(2) The Environmental Review Tribunal Act, 2000, as set out in Schedule F, is hereby enacted.

Schedule P

(3) The Wine Content and Labelling Act, 2000, as set out in Schedule P, is hereby enacted.

2. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Schedules

(2) The Schedules to this Act come into force as provided in the commencement section at or near the end of each Schedule.

Different dates for same Schedule

(3) If a Schedule to this Act or any portion of a Schedule to this Act provides that it is to come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the proclamation may apply to the whole or any portion of the Schedule, and proclamations may be issued at different times as to any portion of the Schedule.

Short title

3. The short title of this Act is the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000.

SCHEDULE A AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

CONTENTS

Section

Administration of Justice Act

1

Charities Accounting Act

2

The Chartered Accountants Act, 1956

3

Compensation for Victims of Crime Act

4

Courts of Justice Act

5

Dog Owners’ Liability Act

6

Evidence Act

7

Execution Act

8

Interpretation Act

9

Interprovincial Summonses Act

10

Ministry of the Attorney General Act

11

Professional Engineers Act

12

Provincial Offences Act

13

Public Guardian and Trustee Act

14

Trustee Act

15

Commencement

16

______________

Administration Of Justice Act

1. Section 2 of the Administration of Justice Act
is amended by striking out “ Despite any other Act” and substituting “Despite any other Act, but subject to Part X of the Provincial Offences Act”.

Charities Accounting Act

2. (1) Subsection 1 (1) of the Charities Accounting Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 27, Schedule and 1997, chapter 23, section 3, is repealed and the following substituted:

Notice of donation to be given to Public Guardian and Trustee

(1) Where, under the terms of a will or other instrument in writing, real or personal property or any right or interest in it or proceeds from it are given to or vested in a person as executor or trustee for a religious, educational, charitable or public purpose, or are to be applied by the person for any such purpose, the person shall give written notice to,

(a) the person, if any, designated in the will or other instrument as the beneficiary or as the person to receive the gift from the executor or trustee; and

(b) the Public Guardian and Trustee, in the case of an instrument other than a will.

(2) Subsection 1 (6) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 23, section 3, is repealed and the following substituted:

Copy of instrument

(6) The notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the will or other instrument; in the case of a notice under clause (1) (b), the Public Guardian and Trustee may require a notarial copy.

(3) Subclause 5.1 (2) (a) (i) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule B, section 1, is repealed and the following substituted:

(i) executors and trustees referred to in subsection 1 (1).

(4) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Public Trustee” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “Public Guardian and Trustee”:

1. Not more than 16 persons who are members of the Institute and who are elected by the members of the Institute as provided by its by-laws.

2. Four persons who are not members of the Institute or of the governing body of a self-regulating licensing body under any other Act and who are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the term specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Qualifications and term of office of elected members

(2) The elected members of the council shall have the qualifications required by the by-laws of the Institute and shall hold office for the term provided by those by-laws; they may be chosen and retired in rotation as set out in the by-laws.

Disqualification

(3) A member of the council referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) may be disqualified from sitting on the council under the conditions specified by the by-laws.

Transition

(4) The members of the council who are in office on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000
receives Royal Assent shall remain in office until their successors are elected or appointed.

6. The council shall elect from among its members the officers specified by the by-laws of the Institute as elected officers and shall appoint the officers specified by those by-laws as appointed officers, including a registrar.

8. (1) The council may pass by-laws to carry out the objects of the Institute, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by-laws,

(a) to provide for measures to ensure fair access to admission to membership, to approve the registration of students in accordance with the qualifications and conditions prescribed by the council, to prescribe standards of qualification and tests of competency, fitness and moral character for admission, and to establish committees to administer the prescribed requirements;

(b) to provide for the establishment and maintenance of classes, lectures, courses of study, systems of training, periods of service and examinations for students;

(c) to provide for the training and recognition of specialists;

(d) to prescribe standards of practice for members, students and firms;

(e) to provide for a practice inspection program and a committee to oversee its operation;

(f) to provide for rules of professional conduct;

(g) to provide for the exercise of disciplinary authority over members, students and firms, including the appointment of,

(i) a committee with power to receive and investigate complaints made against members, students and firms, to admonish members, students and firms, and to make and prosecute charges that a member, student or firm has breached a rule of professional conduct, and

(ii) a committee with power to conduct the formal hearing of charges made under subclause (i), to expel, readmit, suspend, suspend on an interim basis, fine, charge the costs of investigation and hearing, impose conditions of practice or impose any other appropriate penalty on a member, student or firm found guilty of breaching a rule of professional conduct;

(h) to provide for the appointment of an appeal committee with the power to hear appeals or conduct reviews of the decisions of a committee appointed under clause (a) or subclause (g) (ii), and to confirm, cancel or vary the decisions or to refer them back to the particular committee for reconsideration;

(i) to provide for mandatory professional liability insurance to be carried by members and firms in accordance with the prescribed terms and conditions;

(j) to prescribe fees payable to the Institute;

(k) to provide for the receipt, management and in-vestment of contributions, donations and bequests from members and others for benevolent and charitable purposes;

(l) to provide for affiliation with a university or college or with a corporation or association with similar or related objects.

Same

(2) A by-law or an amendment to a by-law takes effect when passed by the council, but its continuance is subject to approval by the members of the Institute at their next annual meeting or at an earlier general meeting called to consider the by-law or amendment; the by-law or amendment shall not continue in effect unless approved by the members.

12. (1) A member of the Institute has the right to use the designation “Chartered Accountant”.

Initials

(2) A Fellow of the Institute has the right to use the initials “F.C.A.” after his or her name, and an Associate of the Institute has the right to use the initials “A.C.A.” or “C.A.” after his or her name.

(9) Subsections 13 (1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Prohibitions

(1) No person who is not a member of the Institute shall,

(a) take or use the designation “Chartered Accountant” or the initials “F.C.A.”, “A.C.A.” or “C.A.”, alone or in combination with other words;

(b) take or use any other name, title, initials or description implying that the person is a chartered accountant;

15. The registrar of the Institute shall keep a register listing firms as well as members and students of the Institute.

Compensation for Victims of Crime Act

4. (1) Section 6 of the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Limitation period for application

6. An application for compensation shall be made within two years after the date of the injury or death but the Board, before or after the expiry of the two-year period, may extend the time for the further period it considers warranted.

(2) Subsection 9 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Notice of hearing

(1) When an application is referred under section 8 the Board shall fix a date, time and place for the hearing of the application and shall, at least 10 days before the hearing date, have notice of the date, time and place served on,

(a) the applicant;

(b) the Minister;

(c) the offender, if it is practicable to serve him or her; and

(d) any other person who appears to the Board to have an interest in the application.

14. (1) If it appears to the Board that the applicant will probably be awarded compensation, the Board may in its discretion order interim payments to the applicant in respect of support, medical expenses and funeral expenses.

Amount not recoverable

(2) Interim payments to the applicant are not recoverable from him or her even if compensation is not awarded afterwards.

(4) Subsection 17 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “general welfare assistance or family benefits” and substituting “social assistance”.

(5) Clause 19 (2) (b) of the Act is amended by striking out “$250,000” and substituting “$365,000”.

(6) Section 26 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Right of subrogation

(5.1) The Board is entitled to be reimbursed, out of any amount recovered by the applicant from the offender or any other party, for the amount of compensation awarded to the applicant.

Courts Of Justice Act

5. Subsection 88 (2) of the Courts of Justice Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 23, section 5 and amended by 1996, chapter 25, section 9, is further amended by striking out “funds held by the Public Guardian and Trustee” and substituting “all functions performed by the Public Guardian and Trustee”.

Dog Owners’ Liability Act

6. Sections 4 and 5 of the Dog Owners’ Liability Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Proceeding against owner of dog

4. (1) If it is alleged that a dog has bitten or attacked a person or domestic animal, a proceeding may be commenced against its owner and the proceeding is one to which Part IX of the Provincial Offences Act applies.

Interim order

(2) When a proceeding has been commenced under subsection (1), the Ontario Court of Justice may, pending a determination of whether an order should be made under subsection (3) or pending an appeal of such an order, make an interim order requiring the owner to take measures specified in the interim order for the more effective control of the dog.

Final order

(3) If, in a proceeding under subsection (1), the court finds that the dog has bitten or attacked a person or domestic animal, and the court is satisfied that an order is necessary for the protection of the public, the court may order,

(a) that the dog be destroyed in the manner specified in the order; or

(b) that the owner of the dog take the measures specified in the order for the more effective control of the dog.

Examples, measures for more effective control

(4) Some examples of measures that may be ordered under subsection (2) or clause (3) (b) are:

1. Confining the dog to its owner’s property.

2. Restraining the dog by means of a leash.

3. Restraining the dog by means of a muzzle.

Automatic restraint order

(5) If a dog whose destruction has been ordered under clause (3) (a) is not taken into custody immediately, the owner shall restrain the dog by means of a leash and muzzle until the dog is taken into custody.

Considerations

(6) In exercising its powers to make an order under subsection (3), the court may take into consideration the following circumstances:

6. Precautions taken by the owner to preclude similar attacks in the future.

7. Any other circumstances that the court considers to be relevant.

Order to prohibit dog ownership

5. When, in a proceeding under subsection 4 (1), the court finds that the dog has bitten or attacked a person or domestic animal, the court may make an order prohibiting the dog’s owner from owning another dog during a specified period of time.

Owner to prevent dogs from attacking

6. The owner of a dog shall exercise reasonable precautions to prevent it from biting or attacking a person or domestic animal.

Offence

7. A person who contravenes subsection 4 (5) or section 6 or contravenes an order made under subsection 4 (2) or (3) or section 5 is guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Evidence Act

7. (1) Subsection 34.1 (5) of the Evidence Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule B, section 7, is repealed and the following substituted:

Application of best evidence rule

(5) Subject to subsection (6), where the best evidence rule is applicable in respect of an electronic record, it is satisfied on proof of the integrity of the electronic record.

Same

(5.1) The integrity of an electronic record may be proved by evidence of the integrity of the electronic records system by or in which the data was recorded or stored, or by evidence that reliable encryption techniques were used to support the integrity of the electronic record.

(2) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

1. Sections 38, 49 and 58.

2. Subsections 60 (1) and (2).

Execution Act

8. (1) Section 1 of the Execution Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 6, section 24, is further amended by adding the following definition:

“prescribed amount” means the amount prescribed by the regulations made under section 35. (“somme prescrite”)

35. (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing amounts for the purposes of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of section 2 and subsections 3 (1) and (2).

Five-year intervals

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may be made once in the year 2005 and once in each year thereafter that is divisible by five.

Change in Consumer Price Index to be considered

(3) In making a regulation under subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall consider the percentage change that has taken place in the Consumer Price Index for Canada for prices of all items since the last time amounts were determined for the purposes of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of section 2 and subsections 3 (1) and (2).

Interpretation Act

9. The
Interpretation Act is amended by adding the following section:

Immunity provisions

30.1 (1) Where words referring to actions or other proceedings for damages are used in a provision excluding or limiting the liability of the Crown or any other person, third or subsequent party proceedings and proceedings for contribution and indemnity or restitution are included.

Transition

(2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of proceedings commenced on or after October 4, 2000.

Interprovincial Summonses Act

10. (1) The definition of “summons” in section 1 of the Interprovincial Summonses Act
is repealed and the following substituted:

“summons” means a summons or other document issued by a court, an agency, board or commission, or another person authorized to issue summonses, requiring a person within a province other than the one where the document is issued to attend as a witness at a trial, hearing or examination, to produce documents or other things or to testify before the issuing body or person. (“assignation”)

(2) Subsection 2 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “a summons from a court outside Ontario” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “a summons issued in another province”.

(3) Section 4 of the Act is amended by striking out “attend in the issuing court” and substituting “attend before the issuing body or person”.

(4) Subsection 5 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” and substituting “Superior Court of Justice”.

(5) Sections 6 and 7 of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

No submission to jurisdiction

6. (1) A person required, by a summons adopted by a court outside Ontario, to attend in Ontario before a court, an agency, board or commission, or another person authorized to issue summonses shall be deemed, while within Ontario for the purposes for which the summons was issued, not to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the issuing body or person in Ontario other than as a witness in the proceedings in which the person is summonsed.

Immunity

(2) A person required to attend under subsection (1) shall be absolutely immune from seizure of goods, service of process, execution of judgment, garnishment, imprisonment or molestation of any kind relating to a legal or judicial right, cause, action, proceeding or process within the jurisdiction of the Legislature of Ontario except only those proceedings grounded on events occurring during or after the required attendance of the person in Ontario.

Order for additional witness fees and expenses

7. (1) A person who is required, by a summons adopted by a court outside Ontario, to attend in Ontario before a court, an agency, board or commission, or another person authorized to issue summonses, may request the issuing body or person in Ontario to order additional fees and expenses to be paid for attendance as a witness.

Disbursements in the cause

(2) If the issuing body or person in Ontario is satisfied that the amount of fees and expenses previously paid to the person required to attend for the attendance is insufficient, it may order the party who obtained the summons to pay forthwith to the person required to attend those additional fees and expenses that it considers sufficient and amounts paid pursuant to an order made under this section are disbursements in the cause.

(6) Schedule 1 to the Act is amended by striking out “in court” wherever it occurs.

I further certify that I am persuaded that the appearance of .......................................................................................

(name of witness)

as a witness in the proceeding is necessary for the due adjudication of the proceeding, and, in relation to the nature and importance of cause or proceeding, is reason­able and essential to the due administration of justice in Ontario.

The Interprovincial Summonses Act makes the following provisions for the immunity of .........................................

(name of witness)

A person required, by a summons adopted by a court outside Ontario, to attend in Ontario before a court, an agency, board or commission, or another person author­ized to issue summonses shall be deemed, while within Ontario for the purposes for which the summons was issued, not to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the issuing body or person in Ontario other than as a witness in the proceedings in which the person is summonsed.

A person required to attend shall be absolutely immune from seizure of goods, service of process, execution of judgment, garnishment, imprisonment or molestation of any kind relating to a legal or judicial right, cause, action, proceeding or process within the jurisdiction of the Legislature of Ontario except only those proceedings grounded on events occurring during or after the required attendance of the person in Ontario.

Dated this .................day of ..........., ....

(seal of the court) ..........................................

(signature of judge)

Ministry Of The Attorney General Act

11. Section 8 of the Ministry of the Attorney General Act is repealed.

Professional Engineers Act

12. Subsection 7 (1) of the Professional Engineers Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

33. despite anything else in this Act, providing for the payment of start-up funding to the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers during the three-year period that begins on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent, and specifying the amounts to be paid, the time and manner of payment, and the conditions to be met before each payment is made.

Provincial Offences Act

13. (1) Section 76.1 of the Provincial Offences Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 31, section 1, is amended by adding the following subsections:

Electronic copy

(1.1) When a document is filed in paper form, an electronic copy may be retained instead of the paper original if there exists a reliable assurance as to the integrity of the information contained in the electronic copy.

Duty to ensure integrity

(1.2) A person who makes, stores or reproduces an electronic copy of a document for the purposes of subsection (1.1) shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the integrity of the information contained in the electronic copy.

(2) Subsection 76.1 (2) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 31, section 1, is amended by striking out “A printed copy of a document filed under subsection (1)” and substituting “A printed copy of a document filed under subsection (1) or retained under subsection (1.1)”.

(3) Section 141 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Motion to continue proceeding

(2.1) Where a notice referred to in subsection (1) is served in respect of an application, a person who is entitled to notice of the application under subsection 140 (2) may make a motion to the Superior Court of Justice for an order that a trial in the proceeding giving rise to the application may continue despite the application and the Court may make the order if it is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so.

(4) Section 175 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 4, section 1, is amended by adding the following subsection:

Agreements among municipalities

(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a municipality has the power to enter into and perform agreements in accordance with section 206.1 of the Municipal Act.

(5) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

1. Subsection 43 (4).

2. Section 105.

3. Clause 116 (2) (b).

4. Subsection 140 (1).

5. Subsections 141 (2), (4) and (5).

6. Subsection 142 (1).

7. Section 152.

8. Subsections 157 (3), (4), (5) and (6).

(6) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (Provincial Division)” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “Ontario Court of Justice”:

1. Subsection 1 (1), definitions of “court” and “set fine”.

2. Subsection 29 (1).

3. Subsections 30 (2) and (3).

4. Subsection 91 (1).

5. Section 105.

6. Section 109, definition of “counsel”.

7. Clause 116 (2) (a).

8. Subsection 126 (1).

9. Subsection 135 (1).

10. Subsection 138 (2).

11. Subsection 139 (1).

12. Section 161.

Public Guardian And Trustee Act

14. (1) Subsection 5 (2) of the Public Guardian and Trustee Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 23, section 11, is amended by striking out “Accountant of the Ontario Court (General Division)” and substituting “Accountant of the Superior Court of Justice”.

(2) Subsection 5 (3) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 23, section 11, is repealed and the following substituted:

Same

(3) The Accountant of the Superior Court of Justice is an officer of that court.

(3) Section 8 of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 2, section 75 and amended by 1997, chapter 23, section 11, is further amended by adding the following subsections:

Reimbursement for expenses

(1.2) The Public Guardian and Trustee is entitled to be reimbursed for expenses incurred by the Public Guardian and Trustee or his or her employees or agents in respect of services rendered and things done under this or any other Act.

. . . . .

Deduction of fees and expenses

(3.1) The Public Guardian and Trustee may deduct fees and expenses from the money held for a person, estate or trust.

(4) Paragraph 1 of subsection 8.1 (1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 23, section 11, is amended by striking out “Fees” and substituting “Fees and expenses”.

(5) Section 14 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1992, chapter 32, section 25 and 1996, chapter 2, section 75, is further amended by adding the following clause:

(f) respecting the functions of the Accountant of the Superior Court of Justice, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(i) prescribing the officer or employee to whom money paid into the Superior Court of Justice shall be paid,

(ii) respecting money paid into court and governing its payment into and out of court,

(iii) governing the management and investment of money paid into court,

(iv) providing for the vesting of money paid into court and of any securities in which the money is invested,

(v) prescribing the officer or employee in whose name mortgages, securities, other instruments and other personal property taken under orders of the Superior Court of Justice and mortgages, securities, other instruments and other personal property taken as security in respect of a proceeding in that court shall be taken,

(vi) respecting the deposit and custody of mortgages, securities, other instruments and other personal property mentioned in subclause (v) and the duties, if any, that the officer or employee in whose name they are taken has in respect of them.

Trustee Act

15. (1) Subsection 36 (6) of the Trustee Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1992, chapter 32, section 27 and 1994, chapter 27, section 43, is repealed and the following substituted:

Payment into court of money to which minor or mentally incapable person entitled

(6) If a minor or mentally incapable person is entitled to any money, the person by whom the money is payable may pay it into court to the credit of the minor or mentally incapable person.

Same

(6.1) The payment shall be made to the Accountant of the Superior Court of Justice.

Accompanying affidavit, minor

(6.2) If the person entitled to the money is a minor, the person by whom it is payable shall deliver an affidavit containing the following to the Accountant at the time of the payment into court:

1. A statement that the money is being paid into court under subsection (6).

2. A statement of the facts entitling the minor to the money.

3. If the affidavit deals with more than one minor beneficiary's entitlement, the amount of each individual entitlement.

4. If the amount being paid into court differs from an amount specified in a document that establishes the minor's entitlement, an explanation of the difference.

5. The minor’s date of birth.

6. The full name and postal address of,

i. the minor,

ii. the minor’s parents, or the parent with lawful custody if it is known that only one parent has lawful custody,

iii. any person, if known, who has lawful custody of the minor but is not his or her parent, and

iv. any guardian of property, if known, appointed under section 47 of the Children’s Law Reform Act.

Accompanying affidavit, mentally incapable person

(6.3) If the person entitled to the money is a mentally incapable person, the person by whom it is payable shall deliver an affidavit containing the following to the Accountant at the time of the payment into court:

1. A statement that the money is being paid into court under subsection (6).

2. A statement of the facts entitling the mentally incapable person to the money.

3. The mentally incapable person’s date of birth.

4. The full name and postal address of,

i. the mentally incapable person,

ii. the mentally incapable person’s guardian of property, if any, under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992,

iii. the person, if known, who holds a continuing power of attorney for property for the mentally incapable person.

Copy of document

(6.4) An affidavit under subsection (6.2) or (6.3) shall have attached to it, as a schedule, a copy of any document that establishes,

(a) the person’s entitlement to the money;

(b) the amount to which the person is entitled;

(c) any conditions to be met before the person is entitled to receive the money, including, in the case of a minor, the attainment of a specified age.

Discharge

(6.5) Payment into court in accordance with subsection (6), (6.2) or (6.3), as the case may be, and with subsection (6.4) is a sufficient discharge for the money paid into court.

(2) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

2. (1) Subsection 5 (2) of the Boundaries Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 27, Schedule, is further amended by striking out “Director of Land Registration” and substituting “Director”.

(2) Subsection 21 (1) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 19, is further amended by adding the following clause:

(c.1) prescribing the circumstances in which the Director may treat an application for confirmation of the location of boundaries as abandoned or withdrawn.

(3) Subsection 21 (2) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 19, is repealed and the following substituted:

Forms

(2) The Director may make regulations prescribing forms and providing for their use.

(4) Subsection 19 (7) of Schedule E to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998 is repealed and the following substituted:

(7) Despite subsection (2), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation revoke regulations made under clause 21 (f) of the Act, as it read immediately before December 18, 1998, if,

(a) the Director of Land Registration makes a regulation under subsection 21 (2) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), that is inconsistent with those regulations; or

(b) the Director makes a regulation under subsection 21 (2) of the Act, as amended by subsection 2 (3) of Schedule B of the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, that is inconsistent with those regulations.

Business Corporations Act

3. (1) Clause 1 (6) (a) of the Business Corporations Act is amended by striking out “in respect of any of its securities a prospectus, statement of material facts or securities exchange take-over bid or issuer bid circular” at the beginning and substituting “in respect of any of its securities a prospectus or statement of material facts”.

(2) Subsection 1 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “that has fewer than fifteen security holders” in the portion after clause (b).

(3) Subsection 14 (1) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 71, is amended by inserting “in Ontario” after “registered office”.

(4) Section 20 of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario 1999, chapter 12, Schedule F, section 3, is repealed and the following substituted:

Financial assistance by corporation

20. (1) A corporation may give financial assistance to any person for any purpose by means of a loan, guarantee or otherwise.

Disclosure

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a corporation shall disclose to its shareholders all material financial assistance that it gives to,

(a) a shareholder, a beneficial owner of a share, a director, an officer or an employee of the corporation, an affiliate of the corporation, or an associate of any of them; or

(b) a person for the purpose of, or in connection with, the purchase of a share or a security convertible into or exchangeable for a share issued or to be issued by the corporation or an affiliate of the corporation.

Exception

(3) A corporation is not required to disclose to its shareholders material financial assistance that it gives,

(a) to a person in the ordinary course of business if the lending of money is part of the corporation’s ordinary business;

(b) to a person on account of expenditures incurred or to be incurred on behalf of the corporation;

(c) to its holding body corporate if the corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the holding body corporate;

(d) to a subsidiary body corporate of the corporation; or

(e) to employees of the corporation or any of its affiliates in accordance with a plan for the purchase of shares of the corporation or any of its affiliates.

Extent of disclosure

(4) The disclosure that a corporation is required to make under subsection (2) in respect of financial assistance shall include,

(a) a brief description of the financial assistance given, including its nature and extent;

(b) the terms on which the financial assistance was given; and

(c) the amount of the financial assistance initially given and the amount, if any, outstanding.

Time of disclosure

(5) A corporation that is not an offering corporation shall make the disclosure by giving a notice to all shareholders no later than 90 days after giving the financial assistance.

Same, offering corporations

(6) An offering corporation shall make the disclosure,

(a) in each management information circular that it is required to send to its shareholders in respect of the first annual meeting called and held after it gives the financial assistance and in respect of each annual meeting thererafter so long as the financial assistance remains outstanding; or

(b) in a financial statement that the directors are required to place before the shareholders under subsection 154 (1) at the first annual meeting called and held after it gives the financial assistance and at each annual meeting thereafter so long as the financial assistance remains outstanding.

Validity of contract

(7) A contract made by a corporation in contravention of subsection (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) may be enforced by or against the corporation.

(5) Clause 104 (1) (a) of the Act is amended by inserting “or their attorney authorized in writing” before “entited to vote”.

(6) Clause 104 (1) (b) of the Act is amended by inserting “or their attorney authorized in writing” before “entitled to vote”.

(7) Subsection 181 (6) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Time limit to Director’s authorization

(6) The authorization of the Director for an application for continuance expires six months after the date of endorsement of the authorization unless, within the six-month period, the corporation is continued under the laws of the other jurisdiction.

(8) Subsection 181.1 (5) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 17, section 30, is repealed and the following substituted:

Time limit to Director’s authorization

(5) The authorization of the Director for an application for continuance expires six months after the date of endorsement of the authorization unless, within the six-month period, the corporation is continued under the Co-operative Corporations Act.

(9) Subsection 186 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Definition, reorganization

(1) In this section,

“reorganization” means a court order made under section 248, an order made under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or an order made under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) approving a proposal.

(10) Subsection 188 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “and to the Director” at the end of the portion before clause (a).

Certification of Titles Act

4. (1) The following provisions of the Certification of Titles Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

(2) Subsection 20 (2) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 45, is repealed and the following substituted:

Forms

(2) The Director may make regulations prescribing forms and providing for their use.

(3) Subsection 45 (7) of Schedule E of the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998 is repealed and the following substituted:

(7) Despite subsection (2), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation revoke regulations made under clause 20 (d) of the Act, as that clause read immediately before December 18, 1998, if,

(a) the Director of Land Registration makes a regulation under subsection 20 (2) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), that is inconsistent with those regulations; or

(b) the Director makes a regulation under subsection 20 (2) of the Act, as amended by subsection 4 (2) of Schedule B of the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, that is inconsistent with those regulations.

Change of Name Act

5. (1) The definition of “court” in section 1 of the Change of Name Act is repealed and the following substituted:

“court” means the Ontario Court of Justice. (“tribunal”)

(2) Subsection 3 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “Within ninety days” and substituting “At any time”.

(3) Subsections 11 (1), (2) and (3) of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”.

Collection Agencies Act

6. The definition of “collector” in subsection 1 (1) of the Collection Agencies Act is repealed and the following substituted:

“collector” means a person employed, appointed or authorized by a collection agency to collect debts for the agency or to deal with or trace debtors for the agency. (“agent de recouvrement”)

Condominium Act, 1998

7. (1) The Condominium Act, 1998 is amended by adding the following section:

Dealing with title to real property

17.1 Nothing in this Act confers on the corporation the power to grant, transfer, lease, release, dispose of or otherwise deal with the title to any real property that the corporation does not own or any interest in real property where the corporation does not own the interest, unless this Act specifically confers the power on the corporation.

(2) Section 18 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Interests in real property

(1.1) The assets of the corporation do not include any real property that the corporation does not own or any interest in real property where the corporation does not own the interest.

(3) Subsection 21 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (a), by adding “or” at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clause:

(c) release an easement that is part of the common elements.

(4) Subsection 21 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “or transfer” in both places where it occurs and substituting in each case “transfer or release”.

(5) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

(6) Subsection 80 (10) of the Act, as re-enacted by subsection 80 (12) of the Act, is repealed and the following substituted:

Non-application

(10) Sections 100, 101, 102, 114, 115 and 116 and Part VI of the Tenant Protection Act, 1997 do not apply to interim occupancy and monthly occupancy fees charged under this section.

(7) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

1. Subsections 109 (1) and 113 (1).

2. Subsection 128 (1).

3. Subsections 130 (1), 131 (1), 133 (2), 134 (1) and 135 (1).

4. Subsections 149 (2), 150 (3), 152 (4) and 154 (5).

5. Subsection 173 (2).

Consumer Reporting Act

8. (1) Subsection 1 (1) of the Consumer Reporting Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 6, section 12 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule G, section 20, is further amended by adding the following definitions:

“credit repair” means the activities of a credit repairer; (“redressement de crédit”)

“credit repairer” means a person who provides, or holds oneself out, as providing services or goods that are intended to improve a consumer report, credit information, file or personal information, including a credit record, credit history or credit rating. (“redresseur de crédit ”)

(2) Clause 12 (1) (c) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(c) the name and, at the option of the consumer reporting agency, either the address or telephone number of every person on whose behalf the file has been accessed within the three-year period preceding the request.

13.1 (1) No credit repairer shall require or accept any payment or any security for payment, directly or indirectly, from or on behalf of a consumer unless the credit repairer causes a material improvement to the consumer report, credit information, file, personal information, credit record, credit history or credit rating of the consumer.

Security arrangement void

(2) Every arrangement by which a credit repairer takes security in contravention of subsection (1) is void.

(a) shall enter into a written contract that is signed by the parties, is dated and otherwise meets the requirements of this Act and the regulations;

(b) shall provide the consumer with a copy of the contract.

Enforceability

(2) A contract that does not meet the requirements of this Act and the regulations is not enforceable in court.

Right to cancel contract

13.3 (1) In addition to his or her rights under any other Act, a consumer may, without reason, cancel the contract by delivering a notice of cancellation to the credit repairer within five days after the date that the consumer receives the copy of the contract.

Means of giving notice

(2) The notice of cancellation may be given by any means, including personal service, registered mail, electronic mail, courier or fax, that provides evidence of the date of cancellation.

Time of giving of notice

(3) The notice of cancellation shall be deemed to have been given,

(a) on the day that it was sent, if it was given by personal service, registered mail, electronic mail, courier or fax;

(b) on the day that it was received, if it was given by any other means.

Demand

13.4 (1) A credit repairer who receives a payment in contravention of section 13.1 shall, on the demand of the consumer, refund it to the consumer.

Same, security

(2) A credit repairer who receives security for a payment in contravention of section 13.1 shall, on the demand of the person who provided the security, return it to the person.

Form of demand

(3) A demand for a refund or for the return of security may be made orally, in writing or by any other means.

Time of receiving demand

(4) A demand for a refund or for the return of security shall be deemed to have been received,

(a) on the day that it was sent, if it was made by personal service, registered mail, electronic mail, courier or fax; or

(b) on the day that it was made, if it was made orally to the credit repaireror in the form of an oral message left on a telephone answering device or system or left with a message service.

Time for compliance

(5) A credit repairer shall make the refund or return of security within five days of receiving the demand.

Recovery of payment

13.5 (1) If a credit repairer has received a payment in contravention of section 13.1, the consumer may recover it in full in a court of competent jurisdiction, whether or not a demand has been made.

Judgment

(2) In a judgment for recovery under subsection (1), the court shall order that,

(a) the plaintiff recover the payment in full without any reduction for services or goods that the defendant may have provided to the plaintiff in respect of the payment;

(b) the defendant pay the costs of the proceeding, despite section 131 of the Courts of Justice Act.

Exemplary and punitive damages

(3) In the judgment, the court may order exemplary or punitive damages.

Amount

(4) The amount of exemplary or punitive damages shall be the lesser of,

(a) $1,000 or the amount of the payment under subsection (1) that the court orders the plaintiff may recover from the defendant, whichever amount is greater; and

(b) an amount that results in a judgment under this section that is equal to the monetary jurisdiction of the court.

Return of security

13.6 (1) If a credit repairer has received security for a payment in contravention of section 13.1, the person who provided the security may obtain a judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction, whether or not the person has made a demand for the return of the security.

Judgment

(2) Subject to subsection (3), in a judgment under subsection (1), the court shall order that the defendant return the security to the plaintiff without any compensation for services or goods that the defendant may have provided to the plaintiff in respect of the payment mentioned in subsection (1).

Same, no security

(3) If the defendant has disposed of the security in whole or in part, the court shall order that the plaintiff recover from the defendant the monetary value of the security without any reduction for services or goods that the defendant may have provided to the plaintiff in respect of the payment mentioned in subsection (1).

Same, costs

(4) In the judgment, the court shall order that the defendant pay the costs of the proceeding, despite section 131 of the Courts of Justice Act.

Exemplary damages

(5) In the judgment, the court may order exemplary or punitive damages.

Amount

(6) The amount of exemplary or punitive damages shall be the lesser of,

(a) $1,000 or the amount that the court orders, whichever amount is greater; and

(b) an amount that results in a judgment under this section that is equal to the monetary jurisdiction of the court.

Officers, directors

13.7 The officers and directors of a credit repairer that is a corporation are jointly and severally liable for the remedy in respect of which a person is entitled to commence proceedings against a credit repairer under section 13.5 or 13.6.

Advertising and solicitation

13.8 A credit repairer shall not communicate or cause to be communicated, by any means, any false, misleading or deceptive representation or any representation prescribed by the regulations as a prohibited representation.

(4) Section 25 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 58, is further amended by adding the following clauses:

(l) prescribing the form and content of contracts between credit repairers and consumers;

(m) prescribing prohibited representations for the purpose of section 13.8.

Corporations Act

9. Subsection 133 (2.1) of the Corporations Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 69, is repealed and the following substituted:

Exemption

(2.1) Despite subsection (1), section 96.1 does not apply to a corporation referred to in subsection 1 (2) of the Charities Accounting Act.

Conditions for indemnification

(2.2) Despite subsection (1), a corporation referred to in subsection 1 (2) of the Charities Accounting Act cannotprovide the indemnification referred to in section 80 unless,

(a) the corporation complies with the Charities Accounting Act or a regulation made under that Act that permits the provision of an indemnification; or

b) the corporation or a director or officer of the corporation obtains a court order authorizing the indemnification.

Costs of Distress Act

10. Section 86 of Schedule E to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998, which repeals the Costs of Distress Act on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, is repealed.

Land Registration Reform Act

11. (1) The definition of “Director” in section 1 of the Land Registration Reform Act is repealed and the following substituted:

“Director” means the Director of Titles appointed under subsection 9 (1) of the Land Titles Act. (“directeur”)

(2) Section 1 of the Act is amended by adding the following definition:

“Director of Land Registration” means the Director of Land Registration appointed under subsection 6 (1) of the Registry Act. (“directeur de l'enregistrement des immeubles”)

(3) Subsection 3 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” and substituting “Superior Court of Justice”.

(4) Subsection 16 (1) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 99, is further amended by striking out “Director” and substituting “Director of Land Registration”.

(5) The definition of “Director” in section 17 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 85, is repealed and the following substituted:

“Director” means the Director of Titles appointed under subsection 9 (1) of the Land Titles Act. (“directeur”)

(6) Section 17 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 85, is amended by adding the following definition:

“Director of Land Registration” means the Director of Land Registration appointed under subsection 6 (1) of the Registry Act. (“directeur de l’enregistrement des immeubles”)

(7) Subsections 23 (1) and (2) and 24 (1), section 25 and subsection 27 (1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 85, are amended by striking out “Director” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Director of Land Registration”.

(a) provide for the locations in which the electronic records may be maintained;

(b) provide for the locations from which the electronic records may be accessed and the time and manner in which they may be accessed;

(c) authorize persons or classes of persons to search the electronic records and establish conditions and requirements for becoming an authorized person;

(d) authorize persons or classes of persons to submit documents in an electronic format and establish conditions and requirements for becoming an authorized person;

(e) authorize persons or classes of persons to deliver electronic documents by direct electronic transmission and establish conditions and requirements for becoming an authorized person;

(f) establish the manner in which persons who are authorized to deliver electronic documents by direct electronic transmission shall access the electronic land registration database and establish the manner in which authorization shall be assigned to them for that purpose.

Land Titles Act

12. (1) The definition of “court” in section 1 of the Land Titles Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) Subsection 9 (1) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 107, is amended by striking out “Director of Land Registration” and substituting “Deputy Minister”.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the Director of Titles in office immediately before that subsection comes into force shall continue in office until the Deputy Minister appoints a successor.

(4) Subsection 14 (1) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 110, is repealed and the following substituted:

Examiner of surveys

(1) There shall be an examiner of surveys whom the Deputy Minister shall appoint.

(5) Despite subsection (4), the examiner of surveys in office immediately before that subsection comes into force shall continue in office until the Deputy Minister appoints a successor.

(6) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Director of Land Registration” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Director of Titles”:

(7) Section 123 of the Act is amended by striking out “upon receipt of an application in the prescribed form” and substituting “upon receipt of an application containing the evidence specified by the Director of Titles”.

(8) Section 124 of the Act is amended by striking out “in the prescribed manner” and substituting “in the manner specified by the Director of Titles”.

(9) Section 125 of the Act is amended by striking out “satisfactory evidence” and substituting “evidence specified by the Director of Titles”.

(10) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Director of Land Registration” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Director of Titles”:

(12) Subsection 163 (2) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 157, is amended by striking out “Director of Land Registration” and substituting “Director of Titles”.

172. (1) The Director of Titles may withdraw land from this Act if, in the Director’s opinion, special circumstances appear or subsequently arise that make it inexpedient that the land should continue under this Act.

Notice

(2) The Director of Titles shall notify all persons having a registered interest in the land of the withdrawal.

(14) Subsections 121 (3) and (4) of Schedule E to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998 are repealed and the following substituted:

(3) Despite subsection (2), regulations made under subsection 32 (4) of the Act, as it read immediately before December 18, 1998, continue until,

(a) the Director of Land Registration makes an order under subsection 32 (4) of the Act, as re-enacted by subsection (2), that is inconsistent with those regulations; or

(b) the Director makes an order under subsection 32 (4) of the Act, as amended by paragraph 2 of subsection 12 (6) of Schedule B to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, that is inconsistent with those regulations.

(4) Despite subsection (2), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation revoke regulations made under subsection 32 (4) of the Act, as it read immediately before December 18, 1998, if,

(a) the Director of Land Registration makes a regulation under subsection 32 (4) of the Act, as re-enacted by subsection (2), that is inconsistent with those regulations; or

(b) the Director makes a regulation under subsection 32 (4) of the Act, as amended by paragraph 2 of subsection 12 (6) of Schedule B to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, that is inconsistent with those regulations.

(15) Subsection 157 (4) of Schedule E to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998 is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (a), by adding “or” at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clause:

(c) the Director makes a regulation under subsection 163 (2) of the Act, as amended by subsection 12 (12) of Schedule B to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, that is inconsistent with those regulations.

Liquor Licence Act

13. Subsection 17 (1) of the Liquor Licence Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 24, section 9, is repealed and the following substituted:

Transfer of licence

(1) A person may apply to the Board for the transfer of a licence to sell liquor, a licence to deliver liquor or a licence to operate a brew on premise facility unless a proposal to revoke or suspend the licence has been issued.

Mortgages Act

14. (1) Section 4 of the Mortgages Act
is amended by adding the following subsection:

Facsimile

(3) For the purposes of this section, a true copy shall include a facsimile as defined in section 1 of the Land Titles Act.

(2) The definition of “court” in subsection 12 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

“court” means the Superior Court of Justice.

(3) Paragraph 1 of subsection 31 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “register of title” and substituting “parcel register”.

(4) Subsection 31 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Interpretation

(2) In subsection (1), the expressions “parcel register” and “abstract index” include instruments received for registration before the time specified on the day immediately before the day on which a notice of exercising the power of sale is given.

(5) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

15. (1) Section 5 of the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Annual report

5. (1) The Corporation shall make a report annually to the Minister upon the affairs of the Corporation.

Tabling

(2) The Minister shall,

(a) submit the report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council;

(b) lay the report before the Assembly if it is in session; and

(c) deposit the report with the Clerk of the Assembly if the Assembly is not in session.

Disclosure by Corporation

(3) The Corporation may give a copy of its report under subsection (1) to other persons before the Minister complies with subsection (2).

(2) The English version of subclause 14 (1) (b) (i) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 19, section 185, is repealed and the following substituted:

(i) the vendor has gone into bankruptcy, or

. . . . .

(3) Subsection 14 (3) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 19, section 185, is amended by striking out “for the cost of the remedial work required to correct” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “for damages resulting from”.

(4) Clause 14 (3) (a) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 19, section 185, is amended by striking out “from a vendor”.

(5) Subsection 19 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” and substituting “Superior Court of Justice”.

Personal Property Security Act

16. (1) The following provisions of the Personal Property Security Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

(2) Clause 15 (a) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) the law relating to the contract of sale governs the sale and any disclaimer, limitation or modification of the seller’s conditions and warranties; and

. . . . .

(3) Clause 25 (1) (a) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) continues as to the collateral, unless the secured party expressly or impliedly authorized the dealing with the collateral free of the security interest; and

. . . . .

(4) Subsection 28 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

Same, purchasers of chattel paper

(3) A purchaser of chattel paper who takes possession of it in the ordinary course of business and gives new value has priority over any security interest in it,

. . . . .

(5) Subsection 41 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Registration system

(1) A registration system, including a central office and branch offices, shall be maintained for the purposes of this Act and any other Act that provides for registration in the registration system.

(6) Subsection 45 (4) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Subsequent security agreements

(4) Except where the collateral is consumer goods, one financing statement may perfect one or more security interests created or provided for in one or more security agreements between the parties, whether or not,

(a) the security interests or security agreements are part of the same transaction or related transactions; or

(b) the security agreements are signed by the debtor before the financing statement is registered.

(7) Section 56 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Removal of collateral classifications

(2.1) Where a financing statement is registered under this Act and the person named in the financing statement as the secured party has not acquired a security interest in any property within one or more of the collateral classifications indicated on the financing statement, the person named in the financing statement as the debtor may deliver a written notice to the person named as the secured party demanding a financing change statement referred to in section 49 to correct the collateral classifications by removing any collateral classification in which the person named as the secured party has not acquired a security interest; the person named as the secured party shall sign the financing change statement and give it to the person demanding it at the place set out in the notice.

Limiting the scope of collateral classifications

(2.2) Where a financing statement is registered under this Act and where the person named in the financing statement as the secured party has not included words limiting the scope of the collateral classification within the meaning of subsection 46 (3) and has acquired a security interest only in particular property within the classification, the person named in the financing statement as the debtor may deliver a written notice to the person named as the secured party demanding a financing change statement referred to in section 49 to add words limiting the scope of the collateral classification.

Response of secured party

(2.3) Upon receipt of a written notice under subsection (2.2), the person named in the financing statement as the secured party shall,

(a) sign the financing change statement described in subsection (2.2) and give it to the person demanding it at the place set out in the notice; or

(b) provide the person named as the debtor with a financing change statement referred to in section 49 to add a reference to the security agreement or agreements to which the financing statement relates, together with words limiting the scope of the collateral claimed to the collateral described in the security agreement or agreements.

Interpretation, security interest

(2.4) For the purposes of subsections (2.1) and (2.2), a secured party is deemed to have acquired a security interest in property when the person named in the financing statement as the debtor is a party to an agreement that grants the secured party a security interest in present or after-acquired property of the debtor of like description or a present or future right to acquire a security interest in such property.

(8) Subsection 56 (4) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Failure to deliver

(4) Where the secured party, without reasonable excuse, fails to deliver the financing change statement, or certificate of discharge or partial discharge, or all of them, as the case may be, required under subsection (1), (2), (2.1) or (2.2) within 10 days after receiving a demand for it, the secured party shall pay $500 to the person making the demand and any damages resulting from the failure; the sum and damages are recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(9) Clause 63 (4) (b) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) every person who is known by the secured party, before the date that the notice is served on the debtor, to be an owner of the collateral or an obligor who may owe payment or performance of the obligation secured, including any person who is contingently liable as a guarantor or otherwise of the obligation secured.

(10) Subsection 63 (6) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Date of giving notice

(6) If the notice to the debtor under clause (4) (a) is mailed, sent by courier or by any other transmission provided for in section 68, then the relevant date for the purpose of clause (4) (b), subclause (4) (c) (ii) and clause (4) (d) shall be the date of mailing, the date that the notice was sent by courier or the date of transmission, as the case may be, and not the date of the service.

(11) Subsection 65 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “Part” and substituting “subsection”.

(12) Subsection 65 (6) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Foreclosure

(6) If no effective objection is made, the secured party shall be deemed to have irrevocably elected to accept the collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation secured at the earlier of,

(a) the expiration of the 30-day period mentioned in subsection (3); and

(b) the time when the secured party received from each person entitled to notification under subsection (2) written consent to having the secured party retain the collateral in satisfaction of the obligation.

Effect of foreclosure

(6.1) After the deemed election under subsection (6), the secured party is entitled to the collateral free from all rights and interests in it of any person entitled to notification under subsection (2) whose interest is subordinate to that of the secured party and who was served with the notice.

35. (1) If an instrument that is otherwise capable of registration is not duly executed, any person who is or claims to be interested in the registration of the instrument may make proof before a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of the execution of the instrument.

Registration

(2) The instrument may be registered if a certificate in the prescribed form is endorsed on the instrument and signed by the judge.

(5) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

(7) Subclauses 53 (1) (a) (i) and (ii) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 237, are repealed and the following substituted:

(i) in the case of a will that is not a holograph will,

(A) a
statement by one of the subscribing witnesses to the will proving the due execution of it by the testator,

(B) a
statement by a person well acquainted with the testator attesting to the signature of the testator on the will, or

(C) a notarial copy of a statement described in sub-subclause (A) or (B),

(ii) in the case of a holograph will,

(A) a
statement by a person well acquainted with the testator attesting to the handwriting and the signature of the testator on the will, or

(B) a notarial copy of a statement described in sub-subclause (A), and

. . . . .

(8) Subclause 53 (1) (a) (iii) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule F, section 37, is amended by adding the following paragraph:

1.1 A notarial copy of a statement described in paragraph 1.

(9) Clauses 53 (1) (b) and (c) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 237, are further amended by inserting in each case “the certificate of appointment of estate trustee with or without a will” after “the will annexed”.

(10) The following provisions of the Act are amen-ded by striking out “Director” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Director of Titles”:

(a) see that entries and registrations are made and certified in a proper manner;

(b) ascertain whether the proper plans required by this Act have been registered, and, where necessary, enforce the provisions of this Act as to the preparation and registration of those plans, and instruct the Crown Attorney to take proceedings for that purpose;

(c) direct the land registrar how and in what manner to do any particular act or amend or correct whatever the Director of Titles may find amiss, if the directions relate to the powers and duties of the Director of Titles; and

(d) perform the other duties that the Minister prescribes.

(16) Sections 98 and 99 of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Powers

98. (1) If the Director or the Director of Titles, in the performance of duties under this Act, has occasion to make an inquiry or to determine any matter, that Director has the powers of a commission under Part II of the Public Inquiries Act.

Inquiry

(2) That Part applies to the inquiry or determination as if it were an inquiry under that Act.

Information from land registrars

99. Every land registrar shall transmit to the Director or the Director of Titles those particulars with reference to the business of the land registrar’s office that the Director or the Director of Titles, as the case may be, requires.

(17) Subsections 100 (1) and (2) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 255, are amended by striking out “Director” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Director of Titles”.

(18) Subsection 101.1 (1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 256, is amended by striking out the portion before clause 1 and substituting the following:

Minister’s orders

(1) Except with respect to matters for which the Director of Titles may make orders under section 100, the Minister may make orders,

. . . . .

(19) Clause 101.1 (1) 1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 256, is amended by inserting “or the Director of Titles” after “Director”.

(20) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Director” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Director of Titles”:

(21) Subsection 257 (2) of Schedule E to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998 is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (a) and by adding the following clause:

(a.1) the Director of Titles makes a order under section 100 of the Act, as amended by paragraph 1 of subsection 17 (17) of Schedule B to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, that is inconsistent with those regulations; or

. . . . .

(22) Subsection 257 (3) of Schedule E to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998 is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (a) and by adding the following clause:

(a.1) the Director of Titles makes an order under section 100 of the Act, as amended by paragraph 1 of subsection 17 (17) of Schedule B to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, that is inconsistent with those regulations; or

. . . . .

(23) Subsection 257 (4) of Schedule E to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1998 is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (a), by adding “or” at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clause:

(c) the Director of Titles makes a regulation under subsection 102 (2) of the Act, as amended by paragraph 1 of subsection 17 (20) of Schedule B to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000, that is inconsistent with those regulations.

Repair and Storage Liens Act

18. (1) The following provisions of the Repair and Storage Liens Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Superior Court of Justice”:

1. Section 13.

2. Subsection 17 (3).

(2) Subsections 24 (1) and (2) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Return of article when dispute

(1) Where a claimant claims a lien against an article under Part I (Possessory Liens) and refuses to surrender possession of the article to its owner or any other person entitled to it and where one of the circumstances described in subsection (1.2) exists, the owner or other person lawfully entitled to the article may apply to the court in accordance with the procedure set out in this section to have the dispute resolved and the article returned.

Same, non-possessory lien

(1.1) Where a claimant claims a lien against an article under Part II (Non-Possessory Liens), where the person who has possession of the article refuses to surrender it to its owner or any other person entitled to it and where one of the circumstances described in subsection (1.2) exists, the owner or other person lawfully entitled to the article may apply to the court in accordance with the procedure set out in this section to have the dispute resolved and the article returned.

Dispute

(1.2) Subsection (1) or (1.1) applies if there is,

(a) a dispute concerning the amount of the lien of the lien claimant including any question relating to the quality of the repair, storage or storage and repair;

(b) in the case of a repair, a dispute concerning the amount of work that was authorized to be made to the article; or

(c) a dispute concerning the right of the lien claimant to retain possession of the article.

Respondents

(2) The application shall name, as the respondents, the lien claimant and, in the case of a non-possessory lien, the person who has possession of the article.

Theatres Act

19. (1) The definition of “film” in section 1 of the Theatres Act is amended by adding at the end “and includes film that is used for advertising purposes”.

(2) The definitions of “projection room” and “projectionist” in section 1 of the Act are repealed.

(3) Clause 3 (7) (d) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(d) to classify films in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the regulations.

(4) Subsections 3 (9) and (10) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Classifications prescribed by regulations

(9) Films may be classified in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the regulations.

(6) Subsections 19 (3) and (4) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Prohibition on unaccompanied minors to films in prescribed class

(3) If a film classified in such class as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection is about to be or is being exhibited in a theatre or other premises, no person shall grant admission, by sale of ticket or otherwise, to the theatre or other premises or give permission to remain in the theatre or other premises to the following persons, unless they are accompanied by a person who is apparently 18 years or more of age:

1. A
minor apparently under the age prescribed by the regulations.

2. Another person apparently under 18 years of age.

Prohibition on admission of persons under 18 to films in prescribed class

(4) No person shall grant admission, by sale of ticket or otherwise, to a theatre or other premises, or give permission to remain in a theatre or other premises where a film classified in such class as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection is about to be or is being exhibited to a person apparently under 18 years of age.

(16) Subsection 47 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Distribution of films

(1) No film exchange or agent or employee of a film exchange shall distribute a film classified in such class as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this sectionto any person apparently under the age of 18 years.

(17) Clauses 57.1 (a), (b) and (e) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 287, are repealed.

(19) Subsection 60 (1) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 288, is further amended by adding the following paragraph:

17.1 prescribing classifications of films, including for the purposes of subsections 19 (3) and (4) and of subsection 47 (1), and prescribing the age of a minor for the purposes of subsection 19 (3).

(20) Paragraph 19 of subsection 60 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “regulating and governing the conduct of projectionists or other persons” at the beginning and substituting “regulating and governing the conduct of persons”.

(21) Paragraph 23 of subsection 60 (1) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule E, section 288, is repealed.

(23) Paragraph 34 of subsection 60 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “3, 33 and 39” and substituting “3 and 33”.

Commencement

Commencement

20. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (12), this Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent.

Amendments to Change of Name Act

(2) Subsection 5 (2) comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Amendments to Condominium Act, 1998

(3) Subsections 7 (1) to (4) and paragraph 1 of subsection 7 (5) come into force on the later of the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent and the day Part IV of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force.

Same

(4) Paragraph 2 of subsection 7 (5) and subsection 7 (6) come into force on the later of the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent and the day Part V of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force.

Same

(5) Paragraph 1 of subsection 7 (7) comes into force on the later of the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent and the day Part VI of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force.

Same

(6) Paragraph 2 of subsection 7 (7) comes into force on the later of the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent and the day Part VIII of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force.

Same

(7) Paragraph 3 of subsection 7 (7) comes into force on the later of the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent and the day Part IX of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force.

Same

(8) Paragraph 4 of subsection 7 (7) comes into force on the later of the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent and the day Part XI of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force.

Same

(9) Paragraph 5 of subsection 7 (7) comes into force on the later of the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent and the day Part XIII of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force.

Amendments to Corporations Act

(10) Section 9 shall be deemed to have come into force on March 1, 1999.

Amendments to Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act

(11) Subsections 15 (2), (3) and (4) come into force on the later of the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent and the day subsection 185 (1) of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force.

Amendments to Theatres Act

(12) Section 19 comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE C AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS PROPOSED BY THE mINISTRY OF Education

Education Act

1. Subsection 17.1 (1) of the Education Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 41, section 2, is amended by striking out “eighteen” and substituting “20”.

Commencement

Commencement

2. This Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000
receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE D AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Electricity Act, 1998

1. (1) The Electricity Act, 1998 is amended by adding the following section:

Statutory powers of decision

35.1 The powers of the Board to make orders under sections 33, 34 and 35 shall be deemed to be statutory powers of decision for the purpose of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act.

(3) Subsection 37 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “to produce documents” and substituting “to produce documents, records and other things”.

(4) Section 37 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Copies

(4.1) On giving a receipt, the Panel may remove documents, records or other things produced pursuant to an order under subsection (3) for the purpose of making copies or extracts and shall promptly return them to the person who produced them.

Documents in electronic form

(4.2) If a document, record or other thing is kept in electronic form, the Panel may require that a copy of it be provided to the Panel on paper or in a machine-readable medium or both.

(5) Subsection 37 (9) of the Act is amended by striking out “photocopy” and substituting “copy”.

Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998

2. (1) Subsection 17 (2) of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 is repealed and the following substituted:

Same

(2) All licences issued by the director shall be signed by the director and sealed with the seal of the Board and when purporting to be so signed and sealed, shall be judicially noticed without further proof.

Non-application

(3) The Regulations Act does not apply to the orders made or licences issued by the Board or the director.

(7) Subsections 78 (1) and (2) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Order re: transmission of electricity

(1) No transmitter shall charge for the transmission of electricity except in accordance with an order of the Board, which is not bound by the terms of any contract.

Order re: distribution of electricity

(2) No distributor shall charge for the distribution of electricity or for meeting its obligations under section 29 of the Electricity Act, 1998 except in accordance with an order of the Board, which is not bound by the terms of any contract.

(8) Subsection 110 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “photocopy” and substituting “copy”.

(9) Subsection 110 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “photocopy” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “copy”.

(10) Section 112 of the Act is amended by striking out “photocopy” and substituting “copy”.

(11) Section 123 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Documents in electronic form

(2.1) If a document or other thing is kept in electronic form, the investigator may require that a copy of it be provided to him or her on paper or in a machine-readable medium or both.

125.1 (1) Notice under subsection 53 (1), 58 (2), 75 (2) or 77 (1) is sufficiently served or given if,

(a) it is delivered personally to the person, to another person at the person’s latest address known to the Board, or to the person’s agent for service;

(b) it is sent by registered mail addressed to the person at the person’s latest address known to the Board; or

(c) it is sent by registered mail addressed to the person’s agent for service at the agent’s latest address known to the Board.

Same

(2) Notice sent by registered mail in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been served or given on the fifth day after the day of mailing unless the person to whom the notice is sent establishes that, acting in good faith, the person did not receive the notice, or did not receive the notice until a later date, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond the person’s control.

(b) the filing or non-filing of any document, material or information with the Board or the director;

(c) the date the facts upon which a proceeding is based first came to the knowledge of the Board; or

(d) any other matter pertaining to such licensing, non-licensing, filing or non-filing,

purporting to be certified by the director, is, without proof of the office or signature of the director, admissible in evidence in any prosecution or other proceeding as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts stated.

(14) Clause 127 (1) (b) of the Act is amended by striking out “or other charges”.

Commencement

Commencement

3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent.

(a) the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent; and

(b) the day subsection 37 (3) of Schedule A to the Energy Competition Act, 1998 comes into force.

SCHEDULE E AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993

1. (1) Subsection 3 (3) of the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 is amended by striking out “Minister of Environment and Energy” and substituting “Minister of the Environment”.

(2) The definition of “Minister” in section 48 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

“Minister” means the Minister of the Environment. (“ministre”)

(3) Subsection 50 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “Ministry of Environment and Energy” and substituting “Ministry of the Environment”.

Environmental Assessment Act

2. (1) The definitions of “Minister” and “Ministry” in subsection 1 (1) of the Environmental Assessment Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 1, are repealed and the following substituted:

“Minister” means the Minister of the Environment; (“ministre”)

“Ministry” means the Ministry of the Environment. (“ministère”)

(2) Section 6 of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 3, is amended by adding the following subsections:

Public notice

(3.1) The proponent shall give public notice of the proposed terms of reference and shall do so by the prescribed deadline and in the manner required by the Director.

Same

(3.2) The public notice must indicate where and when members of the public may inspect the proposed terms of reference and state that they may give their comments about the proposed terms of reference to the Ministry. It must also contain such other information as may be prescribed or as the Director may require.

Notice to clerk of a municipality

(3.3) The proponent shall give the information contained in the public notice to the clerk of each municipality in which the undertaking is to be carried out and shall do so by the deadline for giving the public notice.

Notice to other persons

(3.4) The proponent shall give the information contained in the public notice to such other persons as the Director may require and shall do so by the deadline for giving the public notice.

Public inspection

(3.5) Any person may inspect the proposed terms of reference in the places and at the times set out in the public notice.

Comments

(3.6) Any person may comment in writing on the proposed terms of reference to the Ministry and, if the person wishes the comments to be considered by the Minister in deciding whether to approve the proposed terms of reference, shall submit the comments by the prescribed deadline.

(3) Subsection 6 (4) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 3, is repealed and the following substituted:

Approval

(4) The Minister shall approve the proposed terms of reference, with any amendments that he or she considers necessary, if he or she is satisfied that an environmental assessment prepared in accordance with the approved terms of reference will be consistent with the purpose of this Act and the public interest.

(4) The French version of subsection 6.4 (2) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 3, is amended by striking out “avant la date limite prescrite” and substituting “au plus tard à la date limite prescrite”.

(5) The French version of subsection 7 (7) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 3, is amended by striking out “au plus tard à la date limite” and substituting “avant la date limite”.

(6) Section 11.2 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 3, is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same; s. 9.2

(1.1) The Minister may review a decision of the Tribunal under section 9.2 and may make an order or give a notice described in subsection (2) at any time before the Minister decides the application under section 9.

(7) Clause 11.2 (2) (c) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 3, is repealed and the following substituted:

(c) by a notice to the Tribunal,

(i) require the Tribunal to hold a new hearing respecting all or part of the application and reconsider its decision, if the notice is given under subsection (1), or

(ii) require the Tribunal to hold a new hearing respecting all or part of the matter referred to the Tribunal under section 9.2 and reconsider its decision, if the notice is given under subsection (1.1).

(8) Clause 28 (b) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

3. (1) Subsection 102 (2) of the Environmental Protection Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 7, section 2, is amended by striking out “Minister of Environment and Energy” and substituting “Minister of the Environment”.

(2) The French version of subsection 180 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “ou contre ce membre ou cet agent provincial” and substituting “de ce membre ou de cet agent provincial”.

Municipal Water and Sewage Transfer Act, 1997

4. (1) The definition of “Minister” in subsection 1 (1) of the Municipal Water and Sewage Transfer Act, 1997 is repealed and the following substituted:

“Minister” means the Minister of the Environment. (“ministre”)

(2) Section 14 of the Act is amended by striking out “Ministry of Environment and Energy” and substituting “Ministry of the Environment”.

Ontario Water Resources Act

5. The definitions of “Minister” and “Ministry” in section 1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 23, section 73, are repealed and the following substituted:

“Minister” means the Minister of the Environment; (“ministre”)

“Ministry” means the Ministry of the Environment. (“ministère”)

Commencement

Commencement

6. This Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000
receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE F ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TRIBUNAL ACT, 2000

Environmental Review Tribunal

1. (1) The Environmental Assessment Board and the Environmental Appeal Board are amalgamated and continued as a tribunal known in English as the Environmental Review Tribunal and in French as Tribunal de l’environnement.

Composition of Tribunal

(2) The Tribunal shall be composed of not fewer than five persons who shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Same

(3) None of the members of the Tribunal shall be members of the public service in the employ of the Ministry of the Environment.

Chair and vice‑chairs

(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall designate a chair and one or more vice‑chairs from among the members of the Tribunal.

Acting chair

(5) In the case of the absence or inability to act of the chair or of there being a vacancy in the office of the chair, a vice-chair shall act as and have all the powers of the chair and, in the absence of the chair and vice-chair or vice-chairs from any meeting of the Tribunal, the members of the Tribunal present at the meeting shall appoint an acting chair who shall act as and have all the powers of the chair during the meeting.

Remuneration

(6) The members of the Tribunal shall be paid such remuneration and expenses as are determined by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Employees

2. A secretary of the Tribunal and such other employees as are necessary to carry out the duties of the Tribunal shall be appointed under the Public Service Act.

Joint sittings

3. The Tribunal may sit jointly either within or outside Ontario with any tribunal established under the law of another jurisdiction.

Quorum

4. (1) Three members of the Tribunal constitute a quorum.

One or two members

(2) The chair or a vice‑chair may in writing authorize one or two members of the Tribunal to hear and determine any matter and, for that purpose, the member or members have all the jurisdiction and powers of the Tribunal.

Participation in decision

5. Only members who are present throughout the hearing of a matter shall participate in making the Tribunal’s decision about it.

Expert assistance

6. The Tribunal may appoint from time to time one or more persons having technical or special knowledge of any matter to inquire into and report to the Tribunal and to assist the Tribunal in any capacity in respect of any matter before it.

Tribunal may appoint class representative

7. For the purpose of a proceeding before the Tribunal, the Tribunal may appoint from among a class of parties to the proceeding having, in the opinion of the Tribunal, a common interest, a person to represent that class in the proceeding, but any other member of the class for which such appointment was made may, with the consent of the Tribunal, take part in the proceeding despite the appointment.

Testimony by member, employee or appointee of Tribunal

8. No member, employee or appointee of the Tribunal shall be required to give testimony in any proceeding with regard to information obtained by him or her in the discharge of duties as a member, employee or appointee of the Tribunal.

Inspection of premises

9. (1) For the purposes relevant to the subject‑matter of a hearing, the Tribunal, its employees and appointees may enter and inspect any land or premises other than a dwelling at any reasonable time.

Identification

(2) On the request of an owner or occupier of the land or premises, a person who exercises a power conferred under subsection (1) shall identify himself or herself and shall explain the purpose of the entry.

COMPLEMENTARY AMENDMENTS

Consolidated Hearings Act

10. (1) The definition of “establishing authority” in section 1 of the Consolidated Hearings Act is amended by striking out “Environmental Assessment Board” and substituting “Environmental Review Tribunal”.

(2) The definition of “Hearings Registrar” in section 1 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

11. (1) The definition of “Board” in subsection 1 (1) of the Environmental Assessment Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection 1 (1) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 27, Schedule and 1996, chapter 27, section 1, is further amended by adding the following definition:

“Tribunal” means the Environmental Review Tribunal. (“Tribunal”)

(3) Subsection 11 (1) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 3, is amended by striking out “(other than the Board)” and substituting “(other than the Environmental Review Tribunal)”.

(4) Subsection 11 (7) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 27, section 3, is amended by striking out “The Board may” and substituting “The Tribunal may”.

18. This Part applies to proceedings before the Tribunal under this Act.

Parties

19. (1) The parties to a proceeding with respect to an application are the proponent or applicant, any person who under subsection 7.2 (3) requests the Minister to refer the application to the Tribunal, such other persons as the Tribunal considers have an interest in the application and such other persons as the Tribunal may specify having regard to the purpose of this Act.

Public notice of hearing

(2) The Tribunal shall give notice of its hearing to the public in such manner as the Minister may direct and to such other persons as the Minister may require.

Minister entitled to take part in proceedings

(3) The Minister is entitled, by counsel or otherwise, to take part in proceedings before the Tribunal.

Hearings

20. (1) The Tribunal may render a decision without a hearing and may do so even though a matter is referred for hearing and decision.

Validity of decision

(2) A decision of the Tribunal is not invalid solely on the ground that a matter was not addressed by testimony at a hearing.

Costs

21. (1) The Tribunal may award the costs of a proceeding before it.

Payment

(2) The Tribunal may order to whom and by whom the costs are to be paid.

Assessment

(3) The Tribunal may fix the amount of the costs or direct that the amount be assessed and it may direct the scale according to which they are to be assessed and by whom they are to be assessed.

Considerations not limited

(4) In awarding costs, the Tribunal is not limited to the considerations that govern awards of costs in any court.

22. The Tribunal shall give a copy of its decision on an application to the Minister, the parties, each person who submits comments under subsection 7.2 (2), any person appointed under section 7 of the Environmental Review Tribunal Act, 2000
and the clerk of each municipality in which the undertaking is to be carried out.

Procedure

23. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Statutory Powers Procedure Act
applies to the proceedings of the Tribunal.

Decisions final

23.1 Subject to section 11.2, a decision of the Tribunal is final and not subject to appeal, and a decision of the Tribunal shall not be altered or set aside in an application for judicial review or in any other proceeding unless the decision is patently unreasonable.

(6) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Board” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Tribunal” and by striking out “Board’s” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Tribunal’s”:

(9) Subsection 145 (2) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 37, section 2, is repealed.

(10) Section 145.1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 37, section 2, is repealed.

(11) Subsection 180 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “a member of the Board or of the Environmental Assessment Board” and substituting “a member of the Tribunal”.

(12) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Board” and “Environmental Assessment Board” wherever they occur and substituting in each case “Tribunal” and by striking out “Board’s” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Tribunal’s”:

13. (1) The definition of “Environmental Assessment Board” in section 1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act is repealed.

(2) Section 1 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1992, chapter 23, section 39, 1993, chapter 23, section 73 and 1998, chapter 35, section 44, is further amended by adding the following definition:

(5) Subsection 9 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

Appeal

(1) A party to a proceeding under section 7 may appeal from the Tribunal’s decision,

. . . . .

(6) Subsection 16.4 (9) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 35, section 49, is amended by striking out “Board” and substituting “Tribunal”.

(7) The definition of “Appeal Board” in subsection 35 (1) of the Act is repealed.

(8) Subsections 54 (1) and (2) of the Act are amended by striking out “Environmental Assessment Board” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Tribunal”.

(9) Subsections 55 (1) and (2) of the Act are amended by striking out “Environmental Assessment Board” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Tribunal”.

(10) Subsections 74 (4) and (5) of the Act are amended by striking out “Environmental Assessment Board” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Tribunal”.

(11) Subsection 93 (1) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 23, section 73, is further amended by striking out “any member of the Environmental Appeal Board or the Environmental Assessment Board” and substituting “any member of the Tribunal”.

(12) Subsection 106.1 (1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 35, section 69, is repealed.

(13) The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Appeal Board”, “Board”, “Environmental Appeal Board” and “Environmental Assessment Board” wherever they occur and substituting in each case “Tribunal” and by striking out “Board’s” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “Tribunal’s”:

15. A reference in an Act, regulation or other document to the Environmental Appeal Board or the Environmental Assessment Board shall be deemed to be a reference to the Environmental Review Tribunal, unless the context requires otherwise.

Transition: proceedings

16. Any proceeding pending before the Environmental Assessment Board or the Environmental Appeal Board when this section comes into force shall be deemed to be continued before the Environmental Review Tribunal.

Transition: members of Tribunal

17. (1) The persons who held office as members of the Environmental Appeal Board or the Environmental Assessment Board immediately before this section comes into force shall be deemed to be members of the Environmental Review Tribunal on the same terms.

Same: chair and vice-chairs

(2) The person who held office as the chair of the Environmental Appeal Board immediately before this section comes into force shall be deemed to be the chair of the Environmental Review Tribunal on the same terms, and the persons who hold office as vice-chairs of the Environmental Appeal Board or the Environmental Assessment Board immediately before this section comes into force shall be deemed to be vice-chairs of the Environmental Review Tribunal on the same terms.

Commencement

18. This Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000
receives Royal Assent.

Short title

19. The short title of the Act set out in this Schedule is the Environmental Review Tribunal Act, 2000.

SCHEDULE G AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Insurance Act

1. (1) Section 115 of the Insurance Act
is repealed and the following substituted:

Trafficking in life insurance policies prohibited

115. Any person who advertises or holds himself, herself or itself out as a purchaser of life insurance policies or of benefits thereunder, or who trafficks or trades in life insurance policies for the purpose of procuring the sale, surrender, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation thereof to himself, herself or itself or any other person, is guilty of an offence.

37.5 governing viatical settlements, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, defining “viatical settlement”, requiring a licence to carry on business in viatical settlements and governing those licences, governing the marketing and entering into of viatical settlements, requiring persons who solicit business for or otherwise assistpersons who carry on business in viatical settlements to be licensed and governing those licen-ces, governing the terms and conditions of viatical settlements, requiring the approval of a person or body specified by the regulations for any thing related to viatical settlements, declaring a viatical settlement to be void or voidable in circumstances prescribed by the regulations, and making any provision of this Act or the Financial Services Commission of Ontario Act, 1997 that applies to insurers applicable, with such modifications as may be specified by the regulations, to persons who carry on business in viatical settlements;

37.6 exempting any person from section 115, subject to such terms and conditions as may be set out in the regulations.

Commencement

Commencement

2. This Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE H AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE

Health Insurance Act

1. (1) The English version of subsection 5 (1) of the Health Insurance Act is amended by adding “of Ontario” at the end.

(2) The English version of clause 5 (2) (a) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 32, section 2, is amended by striking out “College of Physicians and Surgeons” at the end and substituting “College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario”.

(3) The English version of subsection 5 (7) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 1, Schedule H, section 4, is amended by adding “of Ontario” at the end.

(5) Subsection 14 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Exception

(5) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply during the period that a person who is a resident must wait to be enrolled as an insured person.

(6) Subsection 17 (3) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 1, Schedule H, section 11, is amended by striking out “and, in any event, no later than six months after the service is performed”.

(2) Subsection 95 (2) of Schedule 2 to the Act is amended by striking out “paragraph 25 of subsection (1)” and substituting “clause (1) (r)”.

(3) Subsection 95 (2.1) of Schedule 2 to the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 37, section 27, is amended by striking out “paragraph 25 of subsection (1)” and substituting “clause (1) (r)”.

Commencement

Commencement

4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent.

Same

(2) Subsection 1 (6) comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE I AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR

Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

1. (1) Subsection 25 (3.1) of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 36, section 1,is repealed and the following substituted:

Certain volunteers

(3.1) Subsection (3) applies with respect to a member of a municipal volunteer fire brigade or a municipal volunteer ambulance brigade or an auxiliary member of a police force as though the person were an emergency worker.

(2) Subsection 40 (4.1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 36, section 2, is repealed and the following substituted:

Certain volunteers

(4.1) Subsection (4) applies with respect to a member of a municipal volunteer fire brigade or a municipal volunteer ambulance brigade or an auxiliary member of a police force as though the person were an emergency worker.

(3) Clause 41 (7) (b) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) one year after the worker is medically able to perform the essential duties of his or her pre-injury employment; and

. . . . .

(4) Subsection 41 (17) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 36, section 3, is repealed and the following substituted:

Certain volunteers

(17) Subsection (16) applies with respect to a member of a municipal volunteer fire brigade or a municipal volunteer ambulance brigade or an auxiliary member of a police force as though the person were an emergency worker.

(5) Subsection 43 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “$15,321.51” and substituting “$15,312.51”.

(6) Subsection 43 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion preceding clause (a) and substituting the following:

Payments where co-operating

(3) The amount of the payment is 85 per cent of the difference between his or her net average earnings before the injury and any net average earnings the worker earns after the injury, if the worker is co-operating in health care measures and,

. . . . .

(7) Subsection 45 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “$1,142.20” and substituting “$1,145.63”.

(8) Subsection 46 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out both occurrences of “$11,456.30” and substituting in each case “$11,452.07”.

(9) Subsection 48 (11) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 6, section 67, is further amended by striking out “subsection (7)” and substituting “subsection 42 (7)”.

(10) Subsection 51 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “or 162 (10)”.

70. One of the following entities, as may be appropriate, shall be deemed to be the employer of a member of a municipal volunteer fire brigade or municipal volunteer ambulance brigade or an auxiliary member of a police force:

1. A municipal corporation.

2. A public utilities commission or any other commission or any board (other than a hospital board) that manages the brigade for a municipal corporation.

3. The board of trustees of a police village.

4. A police force.

(12) Subsection 78 (3) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 36, section 4, is repealed and the following substituted:

Same, certain volunteer or auxiliary workers

(3) The statement by a deemed employer of a municipal volunteer fire brigade or municipal volunteer ambulance brigade or of auxiliary members of a police force must set out the number of members of the brigade or the number of auxiliary members and the amount of earnings, fixed by the deemed employer, to be attributed to each member for the purposes of the insurance plan.

(a) directly or indirectly deduct from a worker’s wages an amount that the employer is, or may become, liable to pay to the worker under the insurance plan; or

(b) require or permit a worker to contribute in any way toward indemnifying the employer against any liability that the employer has incurred or may incur under the insurance plan.

Right of action

(2) Without limiting any other remedies the worker may have, a worker may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover an amount that was deducted from the worker’s wages or that the worker was required or permitted to contribute in contravention of subsection (1).

Same, certain deductions, etc., before section in force

(3) Without limiting any other remedies the worker may have, a worker may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover an amount that was deducted from the worker’s wages or that the worker was required or permitted to contribute if the deduction, requirement or permission occurred on or after January 1, 1998 but before this section came into force and the deduction, requirement or permission contravened subsection 155 (1) or (2) as those subsections read before being repealed by subsection 1 (21) of Schedule I to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000.

(14) Subsection 104 (2) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 6, section 67, is further amended,

(a) by inserting “of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997” after “Subsections 42 (2) to (8)” in subsection (3.1); and

(21) Section 155 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Offence, deduction from wages

155. (1) An employer who contravenes subsection 95.1 (1) is guilty of an offence.

Restitution order

(2) If a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court shall also order the person to pay to the Board on behalf of an affected worker any sum deducted from the worker’s wages or any sum that the worker was required or permitted to pay in contravention of subsection 95.1 (1). The amount payable to the Board shall be deemed to be an amount owing under this Act.

Same

(3) When the court makes an order under subsection (2), the Board shall pay the sum determined under the order to the worker.

(27) Subsection 174 (1) of the Act is amended by inserting “and such other matters as are conferred upon the tribunal under this Act” after “hear and decide appeals”.

(28) Subsection 174 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “an appeal under the insurance plan” and substituting “an appeal or other matter conferred upon the tribunal under this Act”.

(29) Subsection 180 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Production of documents

(2) The Board, the members of the board of directors and the employees of, and persons engaged or authorized by the Board are not required to produce, in a proceeding in which the Board is not a party, any information or material furnished, obtained, made or received in the performance of the Board’s, member’s, employee’s or person’s duties under this Act. The same is true, with necessary modifications, if the Appeals Tribunal, the Office of the Worker Adviser or the Office of the Employer Adviser is not a party to a proceeding.

Commencement

Commencement

2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent.

1. Section 3 of the Ministry of Government Services Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(3) The Queen’s Printer for Ontario shall exercise his or her powers and perform his or her duties under subsection (2) in accordance with any directions given by the Management Board of Cabinet to him or her.

Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

2. The English version of the definition of “Minister” in subsection 2 (1) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is amended by striking out “Chairman” and substituting “Chair”.

Official Notices Publication Act

3. Section 4 of the Official Notices Publication Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Publication rates, etc.

4. (1) The Queen’s Printer for Ontario may establish a schedule of rates for publishing information in The Ontario Gazette and for purchasing subscriptions to it and copies of it.

Same

(2) The schedule of rates may specify when the applicable amounts are payable and how they are to be paid.

Same

(3) The Queen’s Printer for Ontario shall publish the schedule of rates in The Ontario Gazette.

Public Service Act

4. Clause 29 (1) (m.1) of the Public Service Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 38, section 63, is repealed.

Commencement

Commencement

5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent.

Amendments to Official Notices Publication Act

(2) Section 3 comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE K AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING

Building Code Act, 1992

1. Subsection 25 (7) of the Building Code Act, 1992 is repealed and the following substituted:

Stay of order or decision

(7) An appeal under subsection (1) does not stay the operation of the order or decision appealed from but a judge may, on such terms as are just, stay the operation of the order or decision until the disposition of the appeal.

Municipal Act

2. The Municipal Act is amended by adding the following section:

Change of name

12.1 (1)Despite any Act, a municipality (including a regional or district municipality and the County of Oxford) may by by-law change its name so long as the new name is not the same as the name of another municipality.

Notice to public

(2) Before passing a by-law changing its name, a municipality shall give notice to the public of the proposed by-law.

Notice

(3) A municipality that passes a by-law changing its name shall send a copy of the by-law to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and to the Director of Titles appointed under the Land Titles Act promptly after its passage.

Status unchanged

(4) A by-law changing the name of a municipality does not affect the status of a municipality and so, for example, a municipality with town status remains a municipality with town status.

Municipal Tax Sales Act

3. (1) Subsection 1 (3) of the Municipal Tax Sales Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Interpretation

(3) For the purposes of this Act,

“abstract index” and “parcel register” include an instrument received for registration before the closing of the land registry office on the day the tax arrears certificate was registered even if the instrument has not been abstracted or entered in the register or index at that time; (“répertoire par lot”, “registre des parcelles”)

“index of executions” and “index of writs received for execution” include a warrant or other process or a certificate of lien that is filed with the sheriff and recorded in the index of executions under the
Land Titles Act or in the index of writs received for execution by the sheriff, as the case may be. (“répertoire des brefs d’exécution”, “répertoire des brefs d’exécution reçus”)

(2) Paragraph 3 of subsection 4 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “register of title” and substituting “parcel register”.

(3) Subsection 4 (4) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 124, is repealed and the following substituted:

Statutory declaration

(4) The treasurer, immediately after complying with subsections (1) and (2), shall make a statutory declaration in the prescribed form stating the names and addresses of the persons to whom notice was sent.

(4) Section 4 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 124, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

Inspection

(4.1) The treasurer shall permit any person, upon request, to inspect a copy of the statutory declaration made under subsection (4) and shall provide copies of it at the same rate as is charged under section 74 of the Municipal Act.

(5) Subsection 9 (4) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Treasurer’s statement

(4) The treasurer shall make and register, at the time of registering the tax deed or notice of vesting, a statement in the prescribed form stating that,

(a) the tax arrears certificate was registered with respect to the land at least one year before the land was advertised for sale;

(b) notices were sent and the statutory declarations were made in substantial compliance with this Act and the regulations under this Act;

(c) the cancellation price was not paid within one year following the date of the registration of the tax arrears certificate; and

(d) the land was advertised for sale, in substantial compliance with this Act and the regulations under this Act.

(6) Subsection 11 (4) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Statutory declaration, effect

(4) A statutory declaration made under subsection 4 (4) or under clause 9 (2) (c) is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the notices required to be sent were sent to the persons named in the statutory declaration and received by them.

Statement, effect

(4.1) A statement made and registered under subsection 9 (4) is conclusive proof of the matters referred to in clauses 9 (4) (a) to (d).

(7) Subsection 13 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “statutory declaration” in the portion following clause (b) and substituting “statement”.

(8) Clause 18 (1) (a) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) respecting forms, including electronic forms, and providing for their use, which may vary for different land registration systems and areas.

Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act

4. Section 1 and the Schedule to the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act are repealed.

Planning Act

5. (1) Subsection 17 (46) of the Planning Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 4, section 9, is repealed and the following substituted:

Representation

(46) Before dismissing all or part of an appeal, the Municipal Board shall notify the appellant and give the appellant the opportunity to make representation on the proposed dismissal but this subsection does not apply if the appellant has not complied with a request made under clause (45) (e).

Dismissal

(46.1) The Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of an appeal after holding a hearing or without holding a hearing on the motion under subsection (45), as it considers appropriate.

(2) Subsection 34 (25.1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 23, section 21, is repealed and the following substituted:

Representation

(25.1) Before dismissing all or part of an appeal, the Municipal Board shall notify the appellant and give the appellant the opportunity to make representation on the proposed dismissal but this subsection does not apply if the appellant has not complied with a request made under clause (25) (d).

Dismissal

(25.2) The Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of an appeal after holding a hearing or without holding a hearing on the motion under subsection (25), as it considers appropriate.

(3) Subsection 45 (17.1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 23, section 26, is repealed and the following substituted:

Representation

(17.1) Before dismissing all or part of an appeal, the Municipal Board shall notify the appellant and give the appellant the opportunity to make representation on the proposed dismissal but this subsection does not apply if the appellant has not complied with a request made under clause (17) (d).

Dismissal

(17.2) The Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of an appeal after holding a hearing or without holding a hearing on the motion under subsection (17), as it considers appropriate.

(4) Subsection 47 (12.2) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 23, section 27, is repealed and the following substituted:

Representation

(12.2) Before dismissing a request to hold a hearing, the Municipal Board shall notify the person or public body requesting the hearing and give the person or public body the opportunity to make representation on the proposed dismissal but this subsection does not apply if the person or public body has not complied with a request made under clause (12.1) (d).

Dismissal

(12.3) The Municipal Board may dismiss a request after holding a hearing or without holding a hearing on the motion under subsection (12.1), as it considers appropriate.

(5) Clause 51 (45) (d) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 23, section 30, is repealed and the following substituted:

(d) a municipality or a planning board for a planning area in which the land to be subdivided is situate; and

. . . . .

(6) Subsection 51 (54) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 23, section 30, is repealed and the following substituted:

Representation

(54) Before dismissing an appeal, the Municipal Board shall notify the appellant and give the appellant the opportunity to make representation on the proposed dismissal but this subsection does not apply if the appellant has not complied with a request made under clause (53) (e).

Dismissal

(54.1) The Municipal Board may dismiss an appeal after holding a hearing or without holding a hearing on the motion under subsection (53), as it considers appropriate.

(7) Subsection 53 (32) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 23, section 32, is repealed and the following substituted:

Representation

(32) Before dismissing an appeal, the Municipal Board shall notify the appellant and give the appellant the opportunity to make representation on the proposed dismissal but this subsection does not apply if the appellant has not complied with a request made under clause (31) (e).

Dismissal

(32.1) The Municipal Board may dismiss an appeal after holding a hearing or without holding a hearing on the motion under subsection (31), as it considers appropriate.

Tenant Protection Act, 1997

6. (1) Clause (a) of the definition of “landlord” in subsection 1 (1) of the Tenant Protection Act, 1997 is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) the owner of a rental unit or any other person who permits occupancy of a rental unit, other than a tenant who occupies a rental unit in a residential complex and who permits another person to also occupy the unit or any part of the unit.

(2) Section 1 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 6, section 62, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

Interpretation, sublet

(1.1) For the purposes of this Act, a reference to subletting a rental unit refers to the situation in which,

(a) the tenant vacates the rental unit;

(b) the tenant gives one or more other persons the right to occupy the rental unit for a term ending on a specified date before the end of the tenant’s term or period; and

(c) the tenant has the right to resume occupancy of the rental unit after that specified date.

(3) Subsection 5 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “129 to 139” in the portion preceding paragraph 1 and substituting “129 to 131, 135 to 139”.

11. Subject to this Part, the common law rules respecting the effect of a serious, substantial or fundamental breach of a material covenant by one party to a contract on the obligation to perform of the other party apply with respect to tenancy agreements.

(5) Subsection 18 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Subletting rental unit

(1) A tenant may sublet a rental unit to another person with the consent of the landlord.

(6) Subsection 34 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

4.1 Order the landlord to pay a specified sum to the tenant as compensation for,

i. the costs that the tenant has incurred or will incur in repairing or replacing property of the tenant that was damaged, destroyed or disposed of as a result of the landlord’s breach or breaches of the obligation under subsection 24 (1), and

ii. other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that the tenant has incurred or will incur as a result of the landlord’s breach or breaches of the obligation under subsection 24 (1).

(7) Subsection 35 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) order that the landlord, superintendent or agent pay a specified sum to the tenant as compensation for,

(i) the costs that the tenant has incurred or will incur in repairing or replacing property of the tenant that was damaged, destroyed or disposed of as a result of the landlord, superintendent or agent having engaged in one or more of the activities listed in those paragraphs, and

(ii) other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that the tenant has incurred or will incur as a result of the landlord, superintendent or agent having engaged in one or more of the activities listed in those paragraphs.

(8) Section 35 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Order, subs. 32 (1), par. 4

(3) If the Tribunal determines, in an application under paragraph 4 of subsection 32 (1), that the landlord, superintendent or agent of the landlord has altered the locking system on a door giving entry to the rental unit or the residential complex, or caused the locking system to be altered, during the tenant’s occupancy of the rental unit without giving the tenant replacement keys, and if the Tribunal is satisfied that the rental unit is vacant, the Tribunal may, in addition to the remedies set out in subsections (1) and (2), order that the landlord allow the tenant to recover possession of the rental unit and that the landlord refrain from renting the unit to anyone else.

Effect of order allowing tenant possession

(4) An order under subsection (3) shall have the same effect, and shall be enforced in the same manner, as a writ of possession.

Expiry of order allowing tenant possession

(5) An order under subsection (3) expires,

(a) at the end of the 15th day after the day it is issued if it is not filed within those 15 days with the sheriff who has territorial jurisdiction where the rental unit is located; or

(b) at the end of the 45th day after the day it is issued if it is filed in the manner described in clause (a).

(9) Subsection 52 (1) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 6, section 62, is repealed and the following substituted:

Where purchaser personally requires unit

(1) A landlord of a residential complex that contains no more than three residential units who has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale of the residential complex may, on behalf of the purchaser, give the tenant of a unit in the residential complex a notice terminating the tenancy, if the purchaser in good faith requires possession of the residential complex or the unit for the purpose of residential occupation by the purchaser, the purchaser’s spouse or same-sex partner, or a child or parent of one of them.

Same, condominium

(1.1) If a landlord who owns a unit as defined in the Condominium Act that is a rental unit has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale of the unit, the landlord may, on behalf of the purchaser, give the tenant of the unit a notice terminating the tenancy, if the purchaser in good faith requires possession of the unit for the purpose of residential occupation by the purchaser, the purchaser’s spouse or same-sex partner, or a child or parent of one of them.

(10) On the later of the day subsection (9) comes into force and the day all or part of the Condominium Act, 1998 comes into force, subsection 52 (1.1) of the Tenant Protection Act, 1997, as enacted by subsection (9), is repealed and the following substituted:

Same, condominium

(1.1) If a landlord who is an owner as defined in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “owner” in subsection 1 (1) of the Condominium Act, 1998 owns a unit, as defined in subsection 1 (1) of that Act, that is a rental unit and has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale of the unit, the landlord may, on behalf of the purchaser, give the tenant of the unit a notice terminating the tenancy, if the purchaser in good faith requires possession of the unit for the purpose of residential occupation by the purchaser, the purchaser’s spouse or same-sex partner, or a child or parent of one of them.

(11) Subsection 52 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “specified in the notice” and substituting “specified in a notice given under subsection (1) or (1.1)”.

(12) Subsection 52 (3) of the Act is amended by inserting “or (1.1)” after “subsection (1)”.

(13) Subsections 54 (1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Conversion to condominium, security of tenure

(1) If a part or all of a residential complex becomes subject to a registered declaration and description under the Condominium Act or the Condominium Act, 1998 on or after June 17, 1998, a landlord may not give a notice under section 51 or 52 to a person who was a tenant of a rental unit when it became subject to the registered declaration and description.

Proposed units, security of tenure

(2) If a landlord has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale of a rental unit that is a proposed unit under the Condominium Act or the Condominium Act, 1998, a landlord may not give a notice under section 51 or 52 to the tenant of the rental unit who was the tenant on the date the agreement of purchase and sale was entered into.

Non-application

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply with respect to a residential complex if no rental unit in the complex was rented before July 10, 1986 and all or part of the complex becomes subject to a registered declaration and description under the Condominium Act or the Condominium Act, 1998 before the later of,

(a) the day that is two years after the day on which the first rental unit in the complex was first rented; and

(b) June 17, 2000.

Assignee of tenant not included

(4) Despite subsection 17 (8), a reference to a tenant in subsection (1), (2) or (5) does not include a person to whom the tenant subsequently assigns the rental unit.

(14) Subsections 61 (2) and (3) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Contents of notice

(2) The notice of termination shall set out the amount of rent due and shall specify that the tenant may avoid the termination of the tenancy by paying, on or before the termination date specified in the notice, the rent due as set out in the notice and any additional rent that has become due under the tenancy agreement as at the date of payment by the tenant.

Notice void if rent paid

(3) The notice of termination is void if, before the day the landlord applies to the Tribunal for an order terminating the tenancy and evicting the tenant based on the notice, the tenant pays,

(a) the rent that is in arrears under the tenancy agreement; and

(b) the additional rent that would have been due under the tenancy agreement as at the date of payment by the tenant had notice of termination not been given.

(15) Subsection 62 (3) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Notice

(3) A notice of termination under this section shall set out the grounds for termination and shall provide a termination date not earlier than,

(a) the 10th day after the notice is given, in the case of a notice under subsection (1) grounded on an illegal act, trade, business or occupation involving,

(i) the production of an illegal drug,

(ii) the trafficking in an illegal drug, or

(iii) the possession of an illegal drug for the purposes of trafficking; or

(b) the 20th day after the notice is given, in all other cases.

Definition of “illegal drug”

(4) In this section,

“illegal drug” means a controlled substance or precursor as those terms are defined in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada); (“drogue illicite”)

“possession” has the same meaning as in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
(Canada); (“possession”)

“production” means, with respect to an illegal drug, to produce the drug within the meaning of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada); (“production”)

“trafficking” means, with respect to an illegal drug, to traffic in the drug within the meaning of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada). (“trafic”)

(16) Clause 67 (1) (b) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) within six months after the notice mentioned in clause (a) has become void, an activity takes place, conduct occurs or a situation arises that constitutes grounds for a notice of termination under section 62, 63, 64 or 66, other than an activity, conduct or a situation that is described in subsection 62 (1) and that involves an illegal act, trade, business or occupation described in clause 62 (3) (a).

72. (1)A landlord may not apply to the Tribunal under section 69 for an order terminating a tenancy and evicting the tenant based on a notice of termination under section 61 before the day following the termination date specified in the notice.

Discontinuance of application

(2) An application by a landlord under section 69 for an order terminating a tenancy and evicting the tenant based on a notice of termination under section 61 shall be discontinued if, before the Tribunal issues the eviction order, the Tribunal is satisfied that the tenant has paid to the landlord or to the Tribunal,

(a) the rent that is in arrears under the tenancy agreement;

(b) the additional rent that would have been due under the tenancy agreement as at the date of payment by the tenant had notice of termination not been given; and

(c) the landlord’s application fee.

Order of Tribunal

(3) An order of the Tribunal terminating a tenancy and evicting the tenant in an application under section 69 based on a notice of termination under section 61 shall,

(a) specify the following amounts:

(i) the amount of rent that is in arrears under the tenancy agreement,

(ii) the daily amount of compensation that must be paid under section 45, and

(iii) any costs ordered by the Tribunal; and

(b) inform the tenant and the landlord that the order will become void if, before the order becomes enforceable, the tenant pays to the landlord or to the Tribunal the amount required under subsection (4) and specify that amount.

Order void

(4) An eviction order referred to in subsection (3) is void if, before the order becomes enforceable, the tenant pays to the landlord or to the Tribunal,

(a) the rent that is in arrears under the tenancy agreement;

(b) the additional rent that would have been due under the tenancy agreement as at the date of payment by the tenant had notice of termination not been given; and

(c) the costs ordered by the Tribunal.

Notice of void order

(5) If before the eviction order becomes enforceable the tenant pays the amount specified in the order under clause (3) (b) to the Tribunal, an employee of the Tribunal shall issue a notice to the tenant and the landlord acknowledging that the eviction order is void under subsection (4).

Determination that full amount has been paid

(6) If before the eviction order becomes enforceable the tenant pays the amount due under subsection (4) either in whole to the landlord or in part to the landlord and in part to the Tribunal, the tenant may make a motion to the Tribunal, without notice to the landlord, for an order determining that the tenant has paid the full amount due under subsection (4) and confirming that the eviction order is void under subsection (4).

Evidence

(7) A tenant who makes a motion under subsection (6) shall provide the Tribunal with an affidavit setting out the details of any payments made to the landlord and with any supporting documents the tenant may have.

No hearing

(8) The Tribunal shall make an order under subsection (6) without holding a hearing.

Motion by landlord

(9) Within 10 days after an order is issued under subsection (6), the landlord may, on notice to the tenant, make a motion to the Tribunal to have the order set aside.

Order of Tribunal

(10) On a motion under subsection (9), the Tribunal shall hold a hearing and shall,

(a) if satisfied that the tenant did not pay the full amount due under subsection (4) before the eviction order became enforceable, set aside the order made under subsection (6) and confirm that the eviction order is not void under subsection (4); or

(b) if satisfied that the tenant paid the full amount due under subsection (4) before the eviction order became enforceable, refuse to set aside the order made under subsection (6).

(18) Clauses 77 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

(a) the landlord previously applied to the Tribunal for an order terminating the tenancy or evicting the tenant;

(b) an order or a settlement mediated under section 181 with respect to the previous application imposed conditions on the tenant;

(c) among the conditions imposed by the order or settlement were conditions that, if not met by the tenant, would give rise to the same grounds for terminating the tenancy as were claimed in the previous application;

(d) the order or settlement provided that the landlord could apply under this section if the tenant did not meet the conditions described in clause (c); and

(e) the tenant has not met the conditions described in clause (c).

(19) Subsection 83 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Same, default order

(2) If the order of the Tribunal evicting the tenant is a default order, it shall take effect on the later of,

83.1 An order of the Tribunal evicting a person from a rental unit expires six months after the day on which the order takes effect if it is not filed within those six months with the sheriff who has territorial jurisdiction where the rental unit is located.

(21) Clause 140 (3) (a) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) sublet a rental unit for a rent that is payable by one or more subtenants and that is greater than the rent that is lawfully charged by the landlord for the rental unit.

182.1 (1)Upon receiving information that an applicant owes money to the Tribunal as a result of having failed to pay any fine, fee or costs,

(a) if the information is received on or before the day the applicant submits an application, an employee of the Tribunal shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the Rules, refuse to allow the application to be filed;

(b) if the information is received after the application has been filed but before a hearing is held, the Tribunal shall stay the proceeding until the fee, fine or costs have been paid and may discontinue the application in such circumstances as may be specified in the Rules;

(c) if the information is received after a hearing with respect to the application has begun, the Tribunal shall not issue an order until the fine, fee or costs have been paid and may discontinue the application in such circumstances as may be specified in the Rules.

Definition

(2) In subsection (1),

“fine, fee or costs” does not include money that is paid in trust to the Tribunal pursuant to an order of the Tribunal and that may be paid out to either the tenant or the landlord when the application is disposed of.

(26) Subsection 187 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (d), by adding “or” at the end of clause (e) and by adding the following clause:

(f) on its own motion and on notice to the parties, amend an application if the Tribunal considers it appropriate to do so and if amending the application would not be unfair to any party.

(27) Paragraph 1 of subsection 192 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

1. An application to terminate a tenancy or to evict a person, other than,

i. an application based in whole or in part on a notice of termination under section 65, or

ii. an application based in whole or in part on a notice of termination under subsection 62 (1) grounded on an illegal act, trade, business or occupation described in clause 62 (3) (a).

(28) Section 192 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Default order officer

(1.1) The Tribunal may designate one or more employees of the Tribunal as default order officers for the purposes of subsection (1.2).

Delegation

(1.2) Despite subsection 157 (2), a default order officer may make an order under subsection (1) in accordance with the Rules.

Deemed order of Tribunal

(1.3) An order made under subsection (1.2) shall be deemed to be an order of the Tribunal.

198.1 Any document referred to in this Act and specified in the regulations or in the Rules may be created, signed, filed, provided, issued, sent, received, stored, transferred, retained or otherwise dealt with electronically if it is done in accordance with the regulations or the Rules.

(30) Paragraph 1 of subsection 206 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

1. Furnish false or misleading information in any material filed in any proceeding under this Act or provided to the Tribunal, an employee or official of the Tribunal, an inspector, an investigator, the Minister or a designate of the Minister.

(31) Paragraph 3 of subsection 206 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

3. Contravene an order of the Tribunal that,

i. orders a landlord to do specified repairs or other work within a specified time, or

ii. orders that a landlord, a superintendent or an agent of a landlord may not engage in any further activities listed in paragraphs 3 to 10 of subsection 32 (1) against any of the tenants in a residential complex.

(32) Section 207 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Proof of making, Tribunal or Minister

(3) The production by a person prosecuting a person for an offence under this Act of any order, certificate, statement or document, or of any record within the meaning of section 20 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, that appears to have been made, signed or issued by the Tribunal, the Minister, an employee of the Tribunal or an employee of the Ministry, or of any extract or copy of such an order, certificate, statement, document or record certified by the person that made it as a true extract or copy, shall be received as evidence that the order, certificate, statement, document or record was so made, signed or issued.

(33) Subsection 208 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

30.1 governing electronic documents for the purposes of section 198.1, including specifying the types of documents that may be dealt with electronically for the purposes of that section, regulating the use of electronic signatures in such documents and providing for the creating, filing, providing, issuing, sending, receiving, storing, transferring and retaining of such documents.

(2) Subsection 30 (3) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Amendment of site plans

(3) The Minister may at any time require a wayside permittee to amend the site plan.

Same

(4) A wayside permittee may amend the site plan at any time with the approval in writing of the Minister.

Notice to municipalities

(5) The Minister, after taking any action under subsection (2), (3) or (4), shall serve notice of what he or she has done, including reasons, on the permittee and, where applicable, on the clerk of the regional municipality or county, as the case may be, and on the clerk of the local municipality in which the site is located for their information.

(3) Section 31 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Extension

(2) The Minister may, before a wayside permit expires, extend the expiration date if the project has not been completed and requires more aggregate from the same site.

(4) Subsection 34 (6) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 30, section 29, is repealed.

(5) Subsection 48 (2) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 30, section 44, is repealed and the following substituted:

Minister’s order requiring rehabilitation

(2) On being satisfied that a personis not performing or did not perform adequate progressive rehabilitation or final rehabilitation on the site in accordance with subsection (1), the Minister may order the person to perform, within a specified period of time, such progressive rehabilitation or final rehabilitation as the Minister considers necessary, and the person shall comply with the order.

62.1 Every licensee and every permittee shall give notice in writing to the Minister and to the Aggregate Resources Trust of any change in the name or address of the licensee or permittee within 14 business days after the change.

Conservation Land Act

2. (1) The definition of “conservation body” in subsection 3 (1) of the Conservation Land Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 128, is amended by adding “or” at the end of clause (g) and by adding the following clause:

(h) any person or body prescribed by the regulations.

(2) Subsection 3 (11) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 128, is repealed and the following substituted:

Regulations

(11) The Minister may make regulations,

(a) prescribing persons or bodies for the purpose of clause (h) of the definition of “conservation body” in subsection (1);

(b) respecting those records, information, reports and returns with respect to easements and covenants that a conservation body holds under this section that the conservation body must keep, must open for inspection or must submit to the Minister or other person designated in the regulations.

Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994

3. (1) The definition of “forest resource” in section 3 of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994 is repealed and the following substituted:

“forest resource” means trees in a forest ecosystem, any other type of plant life prescribed by the regulations that is in a forest ecosystem, and parts of or residue from trees in a forest ecosystem. (“ressource forestière”)

(2) The definition of “forest resource processing facility” in section 3 of the Act is amended by striking out “are initially processed” and substituting “are processed”.

(3) Subsection 58 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “one year after the act or omission” and substituting “two years after the act or omission”.

(4) Section 60 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Expenses

(5.1) Subject to subsection (9), the expenses incurred in seizing and detaining the forest resources or products shall be paid by the person from whom they are seized.

(5) Subsection 60 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out “the market value of the forest resources or products and the expenses of the seizure” and substituting “the market value of the forest resources or products and the expenses incurred in seizing and detaining them”.

(6) Subsection 60 (9) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Expenses

(9) The court may make such order as it considers proper as to the expenses incurred in seizing and detaining the forest resources or products.

(7) Subsection 61 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Entry on private land

(1) Subject to subsection (2), an employee or agent of the Ministry and any person accompanying him or her and acting under his or her instructions may, at all reasonable times and on producing proper identification,

(a) enter private land for the purposes of this Act if forest resources or products manufactured from forest resources are, or are reasonably believed to be, located or processed on the private land; or

(b) cross private land for the purpose of reaching a Crown forest.

(8) Subsection 64 (1) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 14, section 1, is further amended by adding the following clause:

(h) contravenes any other provision of this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not more than $100,000.

(9) Paragraph 32 of subsection 69 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

32. governing the harvesting and disposition of trees that are not in Crown forests but are reserved to the Crown, including requiring a licence for the harvesting or disposition of those trees and including making any provision of Part VII, except section 64, applicable, with such modifications as may be specified by the regulations, to the harvesting and disposition of those trees.

Forestry Act

4. (1) The definition of “forest tree pest” in section 1 of the Forestry Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule I, section 20, is amended by striking out “and that is designated as a forest tree pest in the regulations”.

(2) Subsection 2 (6) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule I, section 20, is repealed and the following substituted:

Proceeds shared

(6) The proceeds from any sale, lease or other disposition of land in respect of which grants have been made under subsection (2) or a predecessor provision shall be divided as the Minister directs between the conservation authority or municipality, as the case may be, and the Province of Ontario, with the conservation authority or municipality receiving not less than 50 per cent of the proceeds.

(3) Subsection 5 (1) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule I, section 21, is repealed and the following substituted:

Establishing forestry programs

(1) The Minister may establish programs to encourage forestry that is consistent with good forestry practices.

(4) Subsection 11 (1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule I, section 21, is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) requiring persons who are engaged in forest operations on land subject to the by-law to meet the same minimum qualifications that are established by the Forest Operations and Silviculture Manual under clause 68 (7) (c) of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994, with such modifications as may be approved by the Minister.

(5) Section 20 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule I, section 21, is repealed and the following substituted:

Approval of by-law by Minister

20. A by-law passed under section 11, 12, 15 or 16 is not valid unless the Minister has approved the by-law in writing, before or after the by-law was passed.

(2) Section 23 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Management plan

(1.1) Where a dam or other structure or work has been heretofore or is hereafter constructed on a lake or river and the Minister considers it necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act, the Minister may order the owner of the dam or other structure or work to prepare a management plan for the operation of the dam or other structure or work in accordance with guidelines approved by the Minister and to operate the dam or other structure or work in accordance with the plan.

(3) Subsection 28 (1) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule I, section 35, is amended by striking out “on summary conviction” in the portion after clause (d) and substituting “on conviction”.

(4) Subsection 28 (2) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule I, section 35, is amended by striking out “on summary conviction” in the portion after clause (c) and substituting “on conviction”.

Mining Act

6. (1) The heading to Part IV of the Mining Act is struck out and the following substituted:

101.1 (1) The Minister may issue storage leases for the temporary storage of hydrocarbons and other prescribed substances in underground formations on Crown land.

Same

(2) A storage lease does not authorize the permanent disposal of any substance.

Overlapping licences and leases

101.2 Despite the definition of “Crown land” in section 1, the Minister may issue an exploration licence, production lease or storage lease under this Part in respect of land that is already subject to a licence or lease under this Part.

(3) Section 102 of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1998, chapter 18, Schedule I, section 40, is repealed and the following substituted:

(g) respecting the transfer, assignment, surrender and termination of exploration licences, production leases and storage leases;

(h) respecting the disposition or tendering of exploration licence, production lease and storage lease rights on cancellation or termination of an exploration licence, production lease or storage lease.

Previous regulations

(2) The regulations made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under this section, as it read immediately before this subsection came into force, shall be deemed to have been made by the Minister under subsection (1).

Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act

7. (1) The definition of “zoning by-law” in section 1 of the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act is repealed and the following substituted:

“zoning by-law” means a by-law under section 34 of the Planning Act or any predecessor of that section. (“règlement municipal de zonage”)

(2) Section 7 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is further amended by striking out “the minister of any affected ministry” and substituting “any affected ministry”.

(3) Section 10 of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is amended by adding the following subsections:

Public meetings during comment period

(1.1) During the time for making comments, the Commission may hold public meetings to promote public discussion of the proposed amendments.

Notice of public meetings

(1.2) The Commission shall give notice of public meetings held under subsection (1.1) in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate.

(4) Subsection 10 (3) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is amended by striking out “objections” in both places where it occurs and substituting in each case “written objections”.

13. (1) Despite any other general or special Act, when the Niagara Escarpment Plan is in effect,

(a) no municipality or local board having jurisdiction in the Niagara Escarpment Planning Area, or in any part of the Area, and no ministry, shall undertake any improvement of a structural nature or any other development or undertaking within the Area if the improvement, development or undertaking is in conflict with the Niagara Escarpment Plan; and

(b) no municipality having jurisdiction in the Niagara Escarpment Planning Area, or in any part of the Area, shall pass a by-law for any purpose if it is in conflict with the Niagara Escarpment Plan.

Minister may deem by-law, etc., conforms to Plan

(2) The Minister, upon the application of the council of a municipality having jurisdiction in the Niagara Escarpment Planning Area, or in any part of the Area, may in writing declare that a by-law, improvement or other development or undertaking of the municipality shall be deemed not to conflict with the Niagara Escarpment Plan, if the Minister is of the opinion that the by-law, improvement or other development or undertaking conforms with the general intent and purpose of the Plan.

(7) Section 16 of the Act is amended by striking out “that conform to the Niagara Escarpment Plan and submit to the Minister of Municipal Affairs the local plan for approval or submit to the Ontario Municipal Board the zoning by-law or by-laws for approval, as the case requires” at the end and substituting “that conform to the Niagara Escarpment Plan, as the case requires, and, in the case of a local plan, submit it to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing or the approval authority”.

(8) Section 17 of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is repealed and the following substituted:

Regular reviews of Plan

17. (1) The Minister shall cause a review of the Niagara Escarpment Plan to be undertaken not later than the earlier of the following dates:

1. The tenth anniversary of the date the Plan was confirmed or approved with modifications under subsection (4) following completion of the previous review.

2. The twelfth anniversary of the date the Minister established terms of reference under subsection (2) for the previous review.

Terms of reference

(2) The Minister shall establish terms of reference for the review and the review shall be conducted in accordance with the terms of reference.

Procedure

(3) Subject to the terms of reference and to subsection (4), the provisions of this Act relating to the amendment of the plan apply with necessary modifications to the review.

Decision of L. G. in C.

(4) Following the completion of the review, the Minister shall submit a report on the review with his or her recommendations thereon to the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council may confirm the Plan or may approve the Plan with any modifications that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers desirable.

Effect of decision

(5) The confirmed Plan or the modified Plan is the Niagara Escarpment Plan for the Niagara Escarpment Planning Area.

Transition

(6) This section applies to the review that began on June 15, 1999 and to subsequent reviews.

(10) Section 24 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

Agreements

(2.1) The Minister may, as a condition of issuing a development permit, enter into an agreement with an owner of land, the agreement may be registered against the land and the Minister is entitled to enforce the provisions of the agreement against the owner and, subject to the Registry Act and the Land Titles Act, against any subsequent owners of the land.

(11) Section 24 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

Order to stop work, etc.

(6.1) If a person undertakes any development that is in contravention of subsection (1) and the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the contravention is causing or is likely to cause a risk to public safety or significant environmental damage, the Minister may order the person to,

(a) stop work on the development;

(b) take such steps as the Minister considers necessary to protect public safety or prevent environmental damage, within such time as the order specifies.

(12) Subsection 24 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out “under subsection (6)” and substituting “under subsection (6) or (6.1)”.

(13) Section 24 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is further amended by adding the following subsections:

Offence

(7.1) Every person who contravenes an order made under subsection (6) or (6.1) is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable,

(a) on a first conviction, to a fine of not more than $10,000 for each day or part of a day on which the contravention continued; and

(b) on a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $25,000 for each day or part of a day on which the contravention continued.

Penalty for corporation

(7.2) Despite subsection (7.1), if a corporation is convicted of an offence under subsection (7.1), the maximum penalty that may be imposed is,

(a) on a first conviction, a fine of not more than $25,000 for each day or part of a day on which the contravention continued; and

(b) on a subsequent conviction, a fine of not more than $50,000 for each day or part of a day on which the contravention continued.

(14) Subsection 24 (8) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is repealed and the following substituted:

Delegation of authority

(8) Subject to subsection (9), where the Minister has delegated his or her authority under section 25, the delegate has, in lieu of the Minister, all the powers and rights of the Minister under this section.

Same

(9) Subsection (8) does not apply to the powers and rights of the Minister under subsection (6.1) unless the delegate is the Commission or the director of the Commission.

(15) Subsection 25 (4) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is amended by striking out “may make a decision” and substituting “may make a decision in accordance with the Niagara Escarpment Plan”.

(16) Subsection 25 (5) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is amended by striking out “by giving the Minister a written notice of appeal” and substituting “by giving the delegate a written notice of appeal”.

(17) Subsection 25 (8) of the Act is amended by striking out “Where the Minister receives one or more notices of appeal” and substituting “Where the delegate receives one or more notices of appeal”.

(18) Subsection 25 (9) of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is further amended by striking out “the Minister receives one or more notices of appeal” and substituting “the delegate receives one or more notices of appeal”.

(19) Section 25 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is further amended by adding the following subsections:

Agreement on terms and conditions

(12.1) The decision of the delegate shall be deemed to be confirmed if,

(a) the decision of the delegate was a decision to issue a development permit;

(b) the parties who appeared at the hearing have agreed on all of the terms and conditions that should be included in the development permit and all of these terms and conditions are set out in the report of the officer under subsection (11); and

(c) the opinion of the officer expressed in his or her report under subsection (11) is that, if the decision of the delegate included the terms and conditions referred to in clause (b), the decision would be correct and should not be changed.

Same

(12.2) If subsection (12.1) applies, the decision of the delegate shall be deemed to be a decision to issue the development permit with the terms and conditions referred to in clause (12.1) (b).

(20) Subsection 25 (13) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is amended by striking out “Subsection (12) does not apply” and substituting “Subsections (12) and (12.1) do not apply”.

(21) Subsection 25 (14) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule N, section 4, is amended by striking out “If subsection (12) does not apply” and substituting “If the decision of the delegate has not been deemed to be confirmed under subsection (8.3), (9), (10.2), (12) or (12.1)”.

(22) Section 26 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

SPPA applies

(4.1) The Statutory Powers Procedure Act applies to a hearing held under subsection (4).

(23) Subsection 26 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Report

(5) Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing or within such longer period as the Minister may permit, the officer appointed shall report to the Minister a summary of the representations made, together with his or her opinion on the merits of the application for the development permit.

(2) Section 19 of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 30, section 70, is amended by adding the following subsection:

Directors and officers

(3.1) If a corporation commits an offence under subsection (2), every director or officer of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in, or participated in the commission of the offence is guilty of the offence and on conviction is liable to the punishment provided for the offence whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted or convicted.

Public Lands Act

9. (1) Section 10 of the Public Lands Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection 13 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000”.

(3) Subsection 14 (4) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 1, Schedule N, section 4, is amended by striking out “and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000”.

(4) Subsection 24 (9) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Offence

(9) Every person who refuses to obey any such order or warrant, or who resists, obstructs or interferes with any person executing it, or who again returns to the land, is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable,

(a) to a fine of not more than $10,000 and to an additional fine of not more than $1,000 for each day during which the offence continues; and

(b) to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months.

(5) Section 27 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Offence

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $10,000 and to an additional fine of not more than $1,000 for each day that the material, substance or thing remained on the public lands.

(6) Subsection 28 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $500”.

55.1 (1) In addition to the powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council under section 318 of the Municipal Act, the Minister may, by order,

(a) stop up any road that has been dedicated to public use by the Crown and is not within a municipality; or

(b) stop up any road allowance that was laid out by a Crown surveyor and that is not within a municipality.

Notice

(2) The Minister shall not make an order under subsection (1) unless the Minister has given notice, in such manner as the Minister considers appropriate, to those persons that the Minister considers will be affected by the proposed order.

Soil and freehold

(3) The Minister may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the soil and freehold of any road or road allowance that has been stopped up under subsection (1).

(11) Subsection 65 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $100”.

70. Except where otherwise provided, every person who contravenes this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $10,000 and to an additional fine of not more than $1,000 for each day during which the offence continues.

Order for compliance

70.1 In any prosecution under this Act, the court may, in addition to imposing a fine or imprisonment or making any other order authorized by this Act, make such order as the court considers proper to obtain compliance with this Act or the regulations.

Limitation period

70.2 A proceeding in respect of an offence under this Act shall not be commenced more than two years after the date on which the offence was, or is alleged to have been, committed.

Commencement

Commencement

10. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000
receives Royal Assent.

Same

(2) Subsection 4 (5) shall be deemed to have come into force on December 18, 1998.

SCHEDULE M AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINES

Mining Act

1. Subsection 26 (3) of the Mining Act is amended by inserting “or revoke” after “suspend”.

2. Section 28 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Application under other Act

(2) A licensee may stake out a mining claim with respect to any minerals or rights that no applicant is specifically requesting to acquire in an application accepted under the Public Lands Act or any other Act.

Priority of application

(3) If an applicant is specifically requesting to acquire minerals or rights in an application accepted under the Public Lands Act or any other Act, the application shall have priority over any mining claim staked during the time that the application is pending.

Addition to mining claim

(4) If the application lapses, is withdrawn or is not accepted or approved, a mining claim staked during the time that the application was pending shall be deemed to be amended to include the minerals and rights that were the subject of the application, as if the application had never existed.

3. (1) Clause 30 (b) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) for which an application brought in good faith is pending in the Ministry of Natural Resources under the Public Lands Act or any other Act, and in which the applicant may acquire the minerals that are included in the application; or

. . . . .

(2) Section 30 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 134, is further amended by adding “or” at the end of clause (f) and by adding the following clause:

(g) until the proceeding has been finally determined, in the case of a proceeding that the Commissioner certifies is pending in a court in respect of the land.

(3) Section 30 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 134, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

Exclusion of time

(2) If a proceeding described in clause (1) (g) is pending in a court, the Commissioner, the recorder or the Minister may make an order for an exclusion of time with respect to the mining claim.

4. Subsection 41 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Restriction on transfer, etc.

(5) A licence or the term or terms that it creates shall not be transferred, mortgaged, charged, sublet or made subject to a debenture without the written consent of the Minister or an officer duly authorized by the Minister.

5. Subsection 43 (1) of the Act is amended by inserting “and the regulations” after “Act”.

6. Subclause 48 (5) (c) (ii) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(ii) after a dispute has already been entered against the claim.

7. Section 65 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 1, Schedule O, section 16 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule O, section 27, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

No dispute

(5) The recorder shall not receive and file, or record against a mining claim, any dispute relating to the validity of any assessment work, for which a report has been filed under subsection (2) and that was performed on the claim or on mining lands that are contiguous to the claim or that the dispute alleges are not contiguous to the claim.

8. Subsection 67 (5) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 1, Schedule O, section 18, is repealed and the following substituted:

Special circumstances

(5) Despite anything in this Act, if the Minister is of the opinion that special circumstances exist, the Minister may, by order,

(a) exclude the time or extend the time within which work on a mining claim must be performed or reported, or both, or within which application and payment for lease may be made; and

(b) fix the anniversary date or dates by which the next or any subsequent periods of work must be performed or reported, or both, or by which application and payment for lease may be made.

9. Section 72.1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule O, section 30, is repealed and the following substituted:

Notice of re-opening

72.1 (1) The recorder shall forthwith record the words “Cancelled/Annulé” with respect to a mining claim affected by forfeiture or loss of rights and post a notice of re-opening.

Re-staking

(2) Unless they have been withdrawn from prospecting or staking, lands, mining rights or mining claimsaffected by a forfeiture or a loss of rights are open for staking from 8 a.m. standard time on the day after the posting of the notice of re-opening.

10. Subsection 76 (4) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule O, section 33, is repealed and the following substituted:

Notice of re-opening

(4) When a claim is cancelled under this section, the recorder shall forthwith post a notice of re-opening and, unless they have been withdrawn from prospecting or staking, the land or mining rights are open for prospecting and staking from 8 a.m. standard time on the day after the posting of the notice.

11. Clause 78 (3) (a) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule O, section 34, is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) the holder files with the recorder the following evidence establishing that the holder gave the required notice: a certificate in the prescribed form and all further evidence that the recorder may require.

12. Subsection 81 (14) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Restriction on transfer, etc.

(14) A lease, a renewal of lease or the term or terms that a lease creates shall not be transferred, mortgaged, charged, sublet or made subject to a debenture without the written consent of the Minister or an officer duly authorized by the Minister.

13. Section 82 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 1, Schedule O, section 22 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule O, section 36, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

Restriction on transfer, etc.

(10) A lease, a renewal of lease or the term or terms that a lease creates shall not be transferred, mortgaged, charged, sublet or made subject to a debenture without the written consent of the Minister or an officer duly authorized by the Minister.

14. Section 170 of the Act is amended by striking out “Ontario Court (Provincial Division)” and substituting “Ontario Court of Justice”.

15. Section 188 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Date of payment of tax

188. The tax imposed for each year is payable no later than 60 days from the date of the notice of tax payable.

16. Subsection 202 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Compromise of tax

(1) Where a doubt arises as to the liability of a person to pay a tax or any part of a tax, the Minister may,

(a) compromise the matter by the acceptance of an amount that the Minister considers proper; and

(b) if the tax imposed has been paid under protest, refund the tax or any part of it or give a tax credit to the person making the payment under protest.

17. The following provisions of the Act are amended by striking out “Ontario Court (General Division)” and substituting “Superior Court of Justice”:

18. (1) Subsection 39 (1) of Schedule O to the Savings and Restructuring Act, 1996 is repealed and the following substituted:

Transition, existing projects

(1) A closure plan accepted by the Director before the day this section comes into force under Part VII of the Act, as it read immediately before that day, shall be deemed to have been filed as a certified closure plan under Part VII of the Act, as amended by this Schedule.

(2) Clause 39 (2) (a) of Schedule O to the Act is amended by inserting “as a certified closure plan” after “filed”.

(3) Section 39 of Schedule O to the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(2.1) Despite Part VII of the Act, as it read immediately before this section comes into force, if, under clause (2) (a), the Director accepts the proponent’s proposal with respect to the form and amount of the financial assurance, the proponent shall, within 90 days of the day this section comes into force,

(a) deliver the financial assurance to the Director; or

(b) file with the Director a certified amendment of compliance with the corporate financial test mentioned in paragraph 5 of subsection 145 (1) of the Act, as re-enacted by this Schedule.

Commencement

Commencement

19. This Schedule comes into force on the 20th day after the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE N AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS PROPOSED BY THE mINISTRY OF TRAINING, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

(2) The definition of “owner” in subsection 50.2 (11) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 5, is repealed and the following substituted:

“owner” means each person whose name appears on the certificate of registration for the vehicle but in subsection (4) “owner” means the person whose name appears on the plate portion of a permit in cases where the certificate of registration consists of a vehicle portion and a plate portion and different persons are named on each portion. (“propriétaire”)

4. Section 52 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Service of notice of licence suspension

52. (1) Where a person’s driver’s licence is suspended, notice of the suspension is sufficiently given if delivered personally or,

(a) in the case of a suspension under section 41 or 42, sent by registered mail addressed to the person to whom the licence was issued at the latest current address of the person appearing on the records of the Ministry;

(b) in the case of all other suspensions, sent by mail addressed to the person to whom the licence was issued at the latest current address of the person appearing on the records of the Ministry.

Deemed date of service

(2) Notice sent by registered mail under clause (1) (a) or by mail under clause (1) (b) shall be deemed to have been given on the seventh day after the mailing unless the person to whom the notice is sent establishes that he or she did not, acting in good faith, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond his or her control, receive the notice.

Regulations

(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(a) prescribing other methods of service that may be used in the case of a suspension described in clause (1) (a) or a suspension described in clause (1) (b) and prescribing the day on which the notice sent or delivered by such other means shall be deemed to have been given;

(b) prescribing means of proving that a notice was given by a method permitted by subsection (1) or by a method permitted by regulation.

5. (1) The definition of “owner” in subsection 55.1 (1) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8, is repealed and the following substituted:

“owner” means the person whose name appears on the certificate of registration for the vehicle, and, where the certificate of registration for the vehicle consists of a vehicle portion and a plate portion and different persons are named on each portion, means,

(a) in subsections (5), (8) and (14), the person whose name appears on the vehicle portion, and

(2) Subsection 55.1 (2) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8, is amended by striking out “41 or 42” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “41, 42 or 43”.

(3) Section 55.1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8 and amended by 1999, chapter 12, Schedule G, section 24 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule R, section 11, is further amended by adding the following subsections:

Release of vehicle before end of impound period

(14.1) Despite any order to impound issued under this section, the Registrar may, on application by a person belonging to a class of persons prescribed by regulation, release an impounded motor vehicle of a prescribed class prior to the end of the impound period specified in the order on such conditions as he or she considers just.

Consequence of order to release

(14.2) Where an order to release is made under subsection (14.1), the order to impound shall not be considered a previously made order to impound for the purposes of subsection (3) or subsection 50.2 (4).

(4) Section 55.1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8 and amended by 1999, chapter 12, Schedule G, section 24 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule R, section 11, is further amended by adding the following subsections:

Release to holder of vehicle portion

(16.1) Despite subsection (16), the holder of the vehicle portion of a certificate of registration may apply to the Registrar for the motor vehicle to be released to that holder upon the expiry of the period of impoundment, rather than to the holder of the plate portion, and the Registrar may order the motor vehicle released to the applicant on such conditions as he or she considers appropriate.

Rescission of previously made order

(16.2) Where the Registrar decides to make an order under subsection (16.1), he or she may rescind any order previously made with respect to the motor vehicle under subsection (16).

Obligations of holder of vehicle portion

(16.3) An order under subsection (16.1) has the effect of making the applicant liable for meeting the owner’s obligations under subsection (18.1).

(5) Subsection 55.1 (17) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8, is repealed and the following substituted:

Costs to be paid before release

(17) Despite being served with an order under subsection (14.1), (16) or (16.1), the person who operates the impound facility is not required to release the motor vehicle to the person named in the order until the removal and impound costs related to the order to impound have been paid.

(6) Section 55.1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8 and amended by 1999, chapter 12, Schedule G, section 24 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule R, section 11, is further amended by adding the following subsections:

Impound costs

(18.1) The costs incurred by the person who operates the impound facility in respect of an order to impound under this section are a debt due by the owner and the driver of the motor vehicle at the time the order was made to the person, for which the owner and the driver are jointly and severally liable, and the debt may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Defence

(18.2) It is a defence to an action referred to in subsection (18.1) that the owner sold or transferred the motor vehicle to another person prior to the date of the order to impound.

(7) Section 55.1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8 and amended by 1999, chapter 12, Schedule G, section 24 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule R, section 11, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

Holder of vehicle portion may recover costs

(21.1) The holder of the plate portion of the permit and the driver of the motor vehicle at the time the order to impound was made are jointly and severally liable to the holder of the vehicle portion of the permit who obtains an order under subsection (16.1) for any costs or losses incurred in connection with the order, and the costs and losses may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(8) Section 55.1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8 and amended by 1999, chapter 12, Schedule G, section 24 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule R, section 11, is further amended by adding the following subsection:

Decision without hearing is final

(27.1) The Registrar shall assess applications made under subsections (14.1) and (16.1) without a hearing and the Registrar’s decision is final.

(9) Subsection 55.1 (28) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 8 and amended by 1999, chapter 12, Schedule G, section 24 and 1999, chapter 12, Schedule R, section 11, is further amended by adding the following clauses:

(i) prescribing classes of persons and motor vehicles for the purposes of subsection (14.1) and specifying eligibility criteria;

(j) prescribing rules, time periods and procedures with respect to applications under subsection (14.1).

6. Subsection 110 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Permits

(1) The municipal corporation or other authority having jurisdiction over the highway may, upon application in writing, grant a permit for use of the highway by a vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of the dimensional limits set out in section 109 or the weight limits set out in Part VIII in order to allow the movement of,

(a) a load, object or structure that cannot reasonably be divided and moved within those limits;

(b) a vehicle that cannot reasonably be divided and moved within those limits and that is not itself carrying a load, object or structure or drawing or carrying a vehicle;

(c) a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is used exclusively to move a load, object or structure or to draw or carry a vehicle as described in clauses (a) and (b).

7. The Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Special permits

110.1 (1) For the purposes set out in subsection (2), the Registrar may, upon application in writing, issue a permit allowing the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles that does not comply with,

(a) one or more of the dimensional limits set out in section 109 or a regulation prescribing the configuration, weight and dimensions made for the purpose of subsection 109 (7.1), (8.1) or (10.2); or

(b) one or more of the weight limits set out in Part VIII or a regulation made under that Part.

Purposes for issuing special permits

(2) A permit may be issued under subsection (1),

(a) to harmonize the rules and limits with respect to configurations, weights and dimensions applicable to a class of vehicles or combination of vehicles with those of any other jurisdiction;

(b) to allow a trial of a vehicle or combination of vehicles;

(c) to allow a variance from a limit within a geographic area or along routes specified by the Registrar for the movement of a commodity or commodities;

(d) to allow the use of a vehicle or combination of vehicles for a purpose or in circumstances described in the regulations.

Classes of permit

(3) The Registrar may establish different classes of permits for different classes of vehicles or combinations of vehicles.

Refusal of special permit

(4) The Registrar may refuse to issue a permit under subsection (1) if the vehicle or combination of vehicles is eligible to be considered for a permit under subsection 110 (1), whether or not the applicant has been refused a permit under that subsection.

Qualifications

(5) The Registrar may establish qualifications for applicants for a permit under subsection (1).

Limited number of permits

(6) The Registrar may limit the number of permits of any class, may adopt any reasonable scheme for allotting the permits within a class and may refuse to issue a permit because the maximum number of permits for the class has already been issued or in accordance with the terms of the allotment scheme.

Conditions

(7) The Registrar may attach conditions to a permit that he or she issues as he or she considers appropriate.

Onus

(8) The onus is on the applicant to establish that a permit should be granted and the Registrar may refuse any application unless he or she is satisfied that the permit should be granted.

Submissions and decision

(9) The Registrar shall consider an applicant’s submissions relating to the issuance of a permit and the conditions that attach to the permit, but shall not hold a hearing into the matter, and the Registrar’s decision is final.

Fees

(10) The Registrar may set fees for the issuance, renewal and replacement of permits issued under this section.

Same

(11) The Registrar may set different fees and different validity periods for different classes of vehicles, combinations of vehicles or persons and may exempt classes of vehicles, combinations of vehicles or persons from fees.

Carrying and production of permit

110.2 (1) A driver of the vehicle or combination of vehicles in respect of which a permit is issued under section 110.1 shall carry the permit or a copy of it, as specified in the permit, in the vehicle or combination of vehicles and shall produce it on the demand of a police officer or other officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of this Act.

Effect of failure to produce permit

(2) If the permit or copy is not produced in response to a demand under subsection (1), the permit does not apply to the vehicle or combination of vehicles, and the vehicle or combination of vehicles is subject to the dimensional and weight limits that apply as if no permit had been issued.

Offences

(3) Every person who operates or permits the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles contrary to any of the conditions of the permit is guilty of an offence and on conviction,

(a) where no condition with respect to weight is breached, is liable to a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $20,000;

(b) where the only condition breached is one with respect to weight, is liable to any fine assessed in accordance with section 125; and

(c) where more than one condition is breached and one of the conditions breached is a condition with respect to weight, is liable to a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $20,000, in addition to any fine assessed in accordance with section 125.

Suspension, etc., of permit

110.3 (1) The Registrar may suspend, refuse to renew, modify or cancel a permit issued under section 110.1 on the grounds of,

(a) breach of the conditions of the permit or of any other permit held by the holder under that section;

(b) false or incomplete information in the application for the permit or its renewal or for any other permit held by the holder under that section; or

(c) an outstanding fee in respect of the permit or any other permit held by the holder under that section, or an outstanding penalty or interest in respect of the fee.

Notice of proposed action

(2) Before taking an action under subsection (1), the Registrar shall notify the permit holder of the proposed action and give the holder an opportunity to make written submissions about the proposed action, and the holder has 15 days from actual or deemed receipt of the notice to make submissions.

Method of giving notice

(3) Notice under subsection (2) is sufficiently given if,

(a) it is delivered by mail addressed to the permit holder at the latest address for the person appearing on the records of the Ministry;

(b) it is sent by fax to the person at the latest fax number provided by the person to the Ministry; or

(c) it is sent by other means prescribed by the regulations.

Same

(4) Unless the person establishes that the person did not, acting in good faith, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond the person’s control, receive the notice,

(a) notice given by mail shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day after it was mailed;

(b) notice given by fax shall be deemed to have been received on the first business day after it was sent; or

(c) notice given by a means prescribed by the regulations shall be deemed to have been received on the day prescribed by the regulations.

Submissions and decision

(5) The Registrar shall consider submissions, but shall not hold a hearing into the matter, and the Registrar’s decision is final.

Additional power of Registrar to suspend, etc.

110.4 (1) In addition to taking action under subsection 110.3 (1) for a ground listed in that subsection, the Registrar may take action under that subsection with respect to all of the permits of a given class, where in his or her opinion,

(a) the action eliminates or reduces any threat to highway safety;

(b) the action eliminates or reduces any unreasonable wear or damage to the highways and the supporting infrastructure; or

(c) the original reason for granting permits of that class under subsection 110.1 (1) no longer exists or is not the same due to a change of circumstances.

Notice of proposed action

(2) Before taking an action under subsection (1), the Registrar shall notify each permit holder of the proposed action and shall give the holders an opportunity to make written submissions about the proposed action, and the holder has 15 days from actual or deemed receipt of the notice to make submissions.

Method of giving notice

(3) Notice under subsection (2) is sufficiently given if,

(a) it is delivered by mail addressed to the permit holder at the latest address for the person appearing on the records of the Ministry;

(b) it is sent by fax to the person at the latest fax number for the person provided by the person to the Ministry; or

(c) it is sent by other means prescribed by the regulations.

Same

(4) Unless the person establishes that the person did not, acting in good faith, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond the person's control, receive the notice,

(a) notice given by mail shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day after it was mailed;

(b) notice given by fax shall be deemed to have been received on the first business day after it was sent;

(c) notice given by a means prescribed by the regulations shall be deemed to have been received on the day prescribed by the regulations.

Submissions and decision

(5) The Registrar shall consider submissions, but shall not hold a hearing into the matter, and the Registrar's decision is final.

8. Subsection 114 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following definition:

“liftable axle” means an assembly of two or more wheels whose centres are in one transverse vertical plane that is equipped with a device for altering (other than by longitudinal movement of the assembly only) the weight transmitted to the highway surface and that may be able to lift its tires from contact with that surface. (“essieu relevable”)

9. (1) Subsection 116 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “unless exempted under the regulations” in the portion before clause (a).

(2) Section 116 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Other weights set by regulation

(1.1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing axle unit weight limits other than those specified or referred to in subsection (1) for any prescribed axle unit on any prescribed class or classes of vehicle or combination of vehicles and, for that purpose, prescribing axle units and classes of vehicles and combinations of vehicles.

Where weights set by regulation apply

(1.2) An axle unit weight limit prescribed under subsection (1.1) applies instead of the weights specified or referred to in subsection (1) for a prescribed axle unit on a vehicle or combination of vehicles in a class prescribed under subsection (1.1).

10. (1) Section 117 of the Act is amended by striking out “unless exempted under the regulations” in the portion before clause (a).

(2) Section 117 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Other weights set by regulation

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing axle group weight limits other than those specified or referred to in subsection (1) for any prescribed axle group on any prescribed class or classes of vehicle or combination of vehicles and, for that purpose, prescribing axle groups and classes of vehicles and combinations of vehicles.

Where weights set by regulation apply

(3) An axle group weight limit prescribed under subsection (2) applies instead of the weights specified or referred to in subsection (1) for a prescribed axle group on a vehicle or combination of vehicles in a class prescribed under subsection (2).

11. (1) Section 118 of the Act is amended by striking out “unless exempted under the regulations” in the portion before clause (a).

(2) Section 118 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Interpretation

(2) Where subsection (1) refers to a weight under or set out in section 116 or 117, the reference includes a weight specified by regulation under subsection 116 (1.1) or 117 (2).

12. Section 125 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Circumstances where additional fines apply

(2) A person is liable to a fine, in addition to any fine to which the person is liable under subsection (1) or clause 110.2 (3) (b) or (c), of not less than $200 and not more than $1,000, under the circumstances set out in subsection (3) or (4) unless the vehicle involved belongs to a class of vehicles or combination of vehicles prescribed by the regulations.

Same

(3) A person is liable in accordance with subsection (2) if,

(a) a liftable axle on a vehicle or combination of vehicles is lifted; and

(b) the person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or clause 110.2 (3) (b) or (c),

unless,

(c) the offence occurred while the vehicle or combination of vehicles was reversing;

(d) there were no wheels on the axle;

(e) the axle was lifted in compliance with a regulation; or

(f) the axle was reasonably required to be lifted in order to prepare for and carry out completely a safe turn at an intersection or onto or off a highway ramp.

Same

(4) A person is liable in accordance with subsection (2) if,

(a) the person is convicted of an offence referred to in subsection (1) or clause 110.2 (3) (b) or (c); and

(b) a liftable axle on the vehicle or combination of vehicles was deployed in such an improper manner that it caused or aggravated the offence.

13. Section 127 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 34, section 4, is repealed and the following substituted:

Regulations

127. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(a) describing purposes and circumstances for the purposes of clause 110.1 (2) (d);

(b) prescribing other means of giving notice for the purposes of subsections 110.3 (3) and 110.4 (3), prescribing rules in relation to giving notice by such means and prescribing the day on which notice shall be deemed to have been received when such means are used;

(d) exempting classes of vehicles or combinations of vehicles from any provision of this Part and prescribing the weights that are applicable to the exempted vehicles;

(e) exempting classes of vehicles or combinations of vehicles for the purposes of subsection 125 (2);

(f) specifying vehicles or combinations of vehicles to which section 118 does not apply and prescribing an alternative means of calculating maximum allowable gross weight;

(g) prescribing maximum allowable weight on a part of a vehicle or combination of vehicles, including weight on a vehicle that forms part of a combination of vehicles;

(h) prescribing maximum allowable loads on vehicles or components of vehicles consistent with the vehicle manufacturer’s ratings for the vehicle or components;

(i) providing for the identification and marking of vehicles or any class or classes of vehicle and specifying what class of persons may make such an identification or marking.

14. Clause 175 (6) (c) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(c) while the bus is stopped for a purpose set out in clause (a) on a highway, shall continue to operate the overhead red signal-lights and stop arm until the passengers have been received or discharged and until all passengers having to cross the highway have completed the crossing.

Commencement

Commencement

15. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Schedule comes into force on the day the Red Tape Reduction Act, 2000 receives Royal Assent.

Same

(2) Subsection 5 (3) and sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE P Wine Content and Labelling Act, 2000

Purpose

1. The purpose of this Act is to establish minimum content and labelling standards for the manufacture of wine in Ontario.

“wine” means an alcoholic beverage produced by the complete or partial alcoholic fermentation of fresh grapes, or of products derived solely from fresh grapes, or both; (“vin”)

“winery” means a person licensed as a manufacturer under the Liquor Licence Act or a person manufacturing wine in Ontario for the purpose of sale. (“établissement vinicole”)

Permission to keep and sell wine

3. Despite any provision of the Liquor Licence Act and the Liquor Control Act, a manufacturer licensed under the Liquor Licence Act may,

(a) keep for sale or sell wine manufactured using imported grapes or grape product to the Liquor Control Board of Ontario;

(b) keep for sale and sell wine manufactured using imported grapes or grape product under the supervision and control of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

Administration of Act by designated body

4. (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, designate one or more bodies for the purpose of administering this Act and the regulations made under it, or any part of them, and may make regulations,

(a) governing the designation, including prescribing the conditions that must be met before the designation is made, such as the signing of an administrative agreement between the Minister and the body; and

(b) governing the requirements that the designated body must fulfil in administering this Act and the regulations, or any part of them.

Body not empowered to make regulations

(2) The fact that responsibility for the administration of all or part of this Act and the regulations has been transferred to a designated body does not empower it to make regulations under this Act.

Fees

(3) A designated body may set and collect fees, costs or other charges for the purpose of recovering costs associated with the administration of this Act and the regulations.

Use of money collected

(4) Money collected by a designated body in carrying out the administration of this Act and the regulations is not public money within the meaning of the Financial Administration Act unless the designated body is the Crown or a Crown agency.

Regulations

5. (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(a) defining “grape must” for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;

(b) prescribing conditions under which wineries may use imported grapes or grape product in the manufacture of wine;

(c) prescribing documents and information that wineries must submit to a designated body and requiring wineries to submit them to the body within prescribed time periods, and prescribing those periods;

(d) prescribing classes of wine and the standards to be met by wines of each class;

(e) prescribing requirements and standards relating to the content of wine;

(f) prescribing requirements and standards relating to the labelling of wine.

Same

(2) A regulation made under subsection (1) may be of general or particular application.

Offences

6. (1) Every person who knowingly furnishes false information in any document or return submitted under the regulations made under this Act is guilty of an offence.

Same

(2) Every director or officer of a corporation that submitted false information under the regulations made under this Act who knew that false information was provided and permitted that information to be submitted is guilty of an offence.

Limitation

(3) No proceeding shall be commenced under subsection (1) or (2) more than two years after the facts on which the proceeding is based first came to the knowledge of the designated body.

Fine, individual

(4) Every individual who is convicted of an offence under this section is liable to a maximum fine of $10,000.

Fine, corporation

(5) Every corporation that is convicted of an offence under this section is liable to a maximum fine of $25,000.

Licence suspension or revocation

(6) The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario may suspend or revoke a licence to sell or deliver liquor issued under the Liquor Licence Act where there is a conviction for an offence committed under this section.

Repeal

7. The
Wine Content Act is repealed.

Commencement

8. This Schedule comes into force on January 1, 2001.

Short title

9. The short title of the Act set out in this Schedule is the Wine Content and Labelling Act, 2000.